Acousto-optic modulator
US6307665A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 22, 1999 |
| Grant date | Oct 23, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 22, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02F1/113
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An acousto-optic modulator including an ultrasonic medium for controlling light from an optical source through diffraction, two transducers each having one electrode formed on one side thereof, the electrodes being for generating an acousto-elastic wave, and a conductive adhesive layer interposed between the ultrasonic medium and each of the sides of the transducers opposite to the sides on which the electrodes are installed, in order to adhere each of the transducers to the ultrasonic medium.
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