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Fiber-optic piezoelectric devices
Assignee: Queen's University
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Filing: 1990-02-27
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Granted: 1992-08-04
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Expires: 2010-02-27
Abstract
Abstract Efficient, simple, miniature and economical piezoelectric and ultrasonic devices employing optical fibers coated with lead-zirconate-titanate (PZT) thin piezoelectric and ferroelectric films are described. The PZT thin films are fabricated chemically by a sol-gel method. Optical fibers can be dipped into the PZT solution, and followed by an annealing and an electric poling process in order to achieve good piezoelectricity in the coated PZT films. This coating process can be devised as an on-line method and thus coating length can be larger than meters. Due to the long coating length, high piezoelectricity, miniature and flexible nature, devices using optical fibers may be used for medical, telecommunication and sensor applications.
Inventors
- 👤 Cheng-Kuei Jen
- 👤 Michael Sayer
- 👤 Guanghua Yi
- 👤 Jean F. Bussiere
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 12:51
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10N; H10N30/00; H10N30/704; H10N30/706; H10N30/708; G; G02; G02F; G02F1/00; G02F1/01; G02F1/0128; G02F1/0131; G02F1/0134; H10N30/01; H10N30/07; H10N30/074; H10N30/077; H10N30/078; H10N30/60; H10N30/80; H10N30/85; H10N30/853; H10N30/8548; H10N30/8554
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
27 words
A piezoelectric device comprising an optical fiber substrate having deposited thereon and surrounding said optical fiber, in sequence, a buffer layer, PZT layer and a conductive layer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
27 words
A piezoelectric device comprising an optical fiber substrate having deposited thereon and surrounding said optical fiber, in sequence, a buffer layer, PZT layer and a conductive layer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
A piezoelectric device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said PZT layer is a sol-gel deposited thin film.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
16 words
A piezoelectric device as claimed in claim 2 wherein said buffer layer is an insulating layer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
18 words
A piezoelectric device as claimed in claim 3 wherein said insulating layer is selected from alumina and sapphire.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
16 words
A piezoelectric device as claimed in claim 2 wherein said buffer layer is a conducting layer.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
21 words
A piezoelectric device as claimed in claim 5 wherein said conducting layer has a melting point in excess of 500° C.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
19 words
A piezoelectric device as claimed in claim 6 wherein said conducting layer is selected from aluminum, gold and nickel.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
33 words
A piezoelectric device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said optical fiber is selected from the group consisting of glass and single crystal fibers operable in one of single mode and multi mode.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
46 words
A piezoelectric device as claimed in claim 2 wherein said conductive layer comprises separate layers on opposite sides of said device arranged so that application of a d.c. electric field in opposite direction in respective ones of said layers results in bending of said optical fiber.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
17 words
A piezoelectric device as claimed in claim 9 wherein said conductive layers are arranged in comb patterns.
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