Pub Date : 2024-10-28DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2024.3487478
Ricardo E. da Silva;Jonas H. Osório;David J. Webb;Frédéric Gérôme;Fetah Benabid;Marcos A. R. Franco;Cristiano M. B. Cordeiro
We demonstrate the acousto-optic modulation of a hybrid-lattice hollow core fiber (HL-HCF) for the first time. For many years, optical fibers with reduced diameters have been the main solution to increase the interaction of acoustic and optical waves. However, the high drive voltages and large modulator components still employed drastically affect the efficiency and miniaturization of these devices. Here, we experimentally show that combining Kagomé and tubular lattices in HL-HCFs allows for enhancing the amplification of the acoustic waves and the modulation of the guided optical modes, thus providing high modulation efficiency even when using a fiber with a $240~mu $