Two-Dimensional Bragg Cell.

Abstract

The patent application relates to light diffraction of laser beams, and more particularly to a two-dimensional Bragg cell. The two-dimensional Bragg cell consists of a pair of right angle intersecting water columns with a pair of oscillating ultrasonic crystals located near the intersecting point and perpendicular to one each of the water columns. Light penetration from a laser beam is obtained by placing a pair of windows of optical quality on both sides of the cell's housing at the intersecting point of the water columns. A single input laser beam is split into four output beams each having a different frequency of any other beam by the carrier frequency of the crystals or by the sums and differences of the carrier frequencies.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 04, 1974
Accession Number
AD0164721

Entities

People

  • W. M. Farmer

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Air Force

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acousto-Optic Modulators
  • Carrier Frequencies
  • Diffraction
  • Frequency
  • Laser Beams
  • Lasers
  • Optical Equipment
  • Patent Applications
  • Patents
  • Right Angles
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy