Optical: systems and elements – Optical modulator – Light wave directional modulation
Reexamination Certificate
2011-05-17
2011-05-17
Spector, David N (Department: 2873)
Optical: systems and elements
Optical modulator
Light wave directional modulation
C359S314000, C359S305000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07944607
ABSTRACT:
The subject matter of the invention is a method of high-resolution acousto-optic programmable filtering in the infrared region of an incident optical wave. To that end it proposes the use of a birefringent acousto-optic crystal whereof the propagation speed of acoustic waves is slow, such as compounds of mercury, which acousto-optic crystal comprises, on one of its faces, a piezoelectric transducer designed to generate a transverse acoustic wave with wave vector whereof the energy propagates according to the same axis but in the opposite direction to the energy of the incident optical wave, knowing that the optical wave resulting from the acousto-optic interaction between the incident optical wave and the acoustic wave with wave vector is diffracted perpendicularly or almost perpendicularly to the direction of the incident optical wave.
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Browdy and Neimark PLLC
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Spector David N
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