FABRY-PEROT TYPE LASER MODULATORS

Abstract

This report describes the optical characteristics of two prototype laser modulators having the thin, flat, disk-shaped Fabry-Perot (F-P) interferometer design. The modulators are being used to investigate the use of laser radiation in communications. The report discusses the intensity modulation resulting both from the converse piezoelectrically-induced oscillations in the physical separation of the interferometer reflectors and from the electrooptically-induced oscillations in the optical separation of the interferometer reflectors.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0617717

Entities

People

  • Donald G. Mccauley

Organizations

  • Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Carrier Waves
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Fabry Perot Interferometers
  • Frequency
  • Geometry
  • Laser Beams
  • Laser Modulators
  • Light Sources
  • Modulation
  • Modulators
  • Optical Modulators
  • Piezoelectric Crystals
  • Radiation
  • Reflectors
  • Refraction
  • Refractive Index

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy