Thermal Cycling Analysis of the Thermoplastic Modulator.

Abstract

The problem of heat removal from the faceplate of a Thermoplastic Modulator for Coherent Optical Processing during rapid write-erase cycling was analyzed using two complementary theoretical approaches. Pertinent cases were treated and important results, having bearing on future designs, were obtained. Also, three likely candidates for substrate-to-ambient cooling were compared with the result that only one seems feasible. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA062133

Entities

People

  • David L. Flannery

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Conductivity
  • Delta Functions
  • Diffusivity
  • Energy
  • Equations
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Transfer
  • Heat Transfer Coefficients
  • Heat Transmission
  • Modulators
  • Optical Materials
  • Parallel Computing
  • Steady State
  • Surface Temperature
  • Thermal Conductivity
  • Thermal Diffusivity

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Reinforced Composite Materials
  • Systems Analysis and Design