@article{d0eec25dc4fb4c1888e57497c059f027,
title = "On piezoelectric control of the optical response of sculptured thin films",
abstract = "It is shown that the Bragg centre-wavelength of a polymeric chiral sculptured thin film (STF) can be shifted by the axial tension generated in a cobonded piezoelectric disc by a DC voltage. This attractive possibility can be exploited for tunable optical filters as well as lasers made of chiral STFs, and can be extended to other types of STFs.",
author = "Fei Wang and Akhlesh Lakhtakia and Russell Messier",
note = "Funding Information: The authors thank Professors Thomas R. Shrout, Wenwu Cao and Qiming Zhang (Penn State) and Dr Seung-Eek Park (Fraunhofer-IBMT) for providing the constitutive properties of various piezoelectric materials. Professor Charles E. Bakis (Penn State) is thanked for providing the constitutive properties of epoxies. Fei Wang thanks the Weiss Graduate Fellowship programme at Penn State for financial support during the 2001-2002 academic year.",
year = "2003",
month = jan,
doi = "10.1080/09500340308235173",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "50",
pages = "239--249",
journal = "Journal of Modern Optics",
issn = "0950-0340",
publisher = "Taylor and Francis Ltd.",
number = "2",
}