Integrated high efficiency multi-stage acousto-optic modulator

Details Integrated high efficiency multi-stage acousto-optic modulator Integrated high efficiency multi-stage acousto-optic modulator

2011-06-21

2011-06-21

Pinkney, Dawayne A (Department: 2873)

Optical: systems and elements

Optical modulator

Light wave temporal modulation

C359S305000, C359S311000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07965437

ABSTRACT:
An acousto-optic modulator for a Q-switch (300) for a laser includes a monolithic acousto-optic (a-o) medium (311), a series of at least two acoustic transducers (321, 322), bonded spaced apart on the a-o medium, which emit first and second columnar acoustic beams (331, 332). These interact sequentially with an incident optical beam (Light) passing through the modulator. The transducers are oriented so that an optical ray (342) diffracted from the first acoustic column region enters the second acoustic column region at an angle outside the “acceptance angle” of the second acoustical column, i.e. outside the range of incidence angles for which the diffraction efficiency is significant, whereas the remaining light in the zeroth order will undergo further diffraction at the second acoustic column region. This arrangement significantly reduces the amount of light diffracted by the first beam being diffracted back into the zeroth order by the second acoustic beam. The second acoustic beam is arranged to diffract any light remaining in the zeroth order after passing through the first acoustic beam region. In this way the efficiency of the modulator for Q-switching operation is increased. Bragg angle; Raman-Nath diffraction, Debye-Sears-Ratio.

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