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Grooved backside acoustic termination of acousto-optic devices

US7595929B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMay 30, 2007
Grant dateSep 29, 2009
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Expiry dateMay 30, 2027

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F1/33
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An acousto-optic device having at least one groove on the backside improves acoustic termination of the device. The grooves can be added early in device fabrication and are compatible with batch processing, thereby avoiding the separate device handling. Grooving can be performed on the cell, before it is mounted to a batch plate. This simplifies batch plate processing by using a backside that remains parallel to the bondface.

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