Design Procedure for Wide Bandwidth Acousto-Optic Modulator

J. R. Boyd; E. H. Young; S. K. Yao

doi:10.1117/12.7972115

1 October 1977 Design Procedure for Wide Bandwidth Acousto-Optic Modulator

J. R. Boyd, E. H. Young, S. K. Yao

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 16, Issue 5, 165452 (October 1977). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.7972115

Abstract

In this paper, we give the design equations and a procedure for the complete specification of the design parameters for a wide bandwidth acousto-optic modulator (AOM). Although the modulating medium, transducer material, and bonding agents determine the modulator performance, we concentrate here on the question of how to design an AOM, given specifications on its minimum modulation bandwidth, diffraction efficiency, and the maximum ellipticity of the output beam.

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J. R. Boyd, E. H. Young, and S. K. Yao "Design Procedure for Wide Bandwidth Acousto-Optic Modulator," Optical Engineering 16(5), 165452 (1 October 1977). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.7972115

Published: 1 October 1977

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