The Acousto-Optic Effect exhibits wavelength dependence, particularly in dispersive materials, where different colors of light experience varying degrees of interaction due to the strain-optic tensor and Bragg angle. Research indicates that significant energy is required to achieve measurable effects, and most studies focus on the light as a whole rather than its individual frequency components. Key references include Salen and Teich's "Fundamentals of Photonics" for an introductory understanding and Korpel's "Acousto-Optics" for a comprehensive analysis.
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ThunderLight said:Would one colour witness a greater acousto-optic effect than the other? Please explain. Thank you.
davenn said:what research have you done on this so far ?, considering this post is closely tied to your previous one
in which is was reasonably well established that significant energy was required to cause any measurable effect
ThunderLight said:I see most research deals with the light as a whole and not the subsequent frequency components (separate colors) of light.
Drakkith said:Would you mind linking to a few of your sources so we can look at them? I doubt many people are familiar with this topic and it would help if we were able to see some of this information for ourselves. Just looking at the wikipedia article, I'd think that dispersion would play a factor since the index of refraction changes with strain, but I know next to nothing about the topic or about how the devices are set up.
ThunderLight said:Would the Acousto-Optic effect be different for different colours of light or rainbow? Or it would treat all wavelengths of light in a white beam the same? Would one colour witness a greater acousto-optic effect than the other? Please explain. Thank you.