electro-optic device

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• Electro-optic modulator — (EOM) is an optical device in which a signal controlled element displaying electro optic effect is used to modulate a beam of light. The modulation may be imposed on the phase, frequency, amplitude, or direction of the modulated beam. Modulation… …   Wikipedia

• electro-optic — adjective or electro optical 1. a. : relating to or being a change in the refractive index of a material due to an electric field electro optic effect b. : using or being a material that exhibits electro optic properties an electro optic crystal …   Useful english dictionary

• Kerr electro-optic effect — ▪ physics       in physics, the inducement of double refraction of light in a transparent substance when a strong electric field is applied in a direction transverse to the beam of light. In double refraction, the index of refraction (a measure… …   Universalium

• electro-optical — or electro optic adjective Date: 1879 1. of or relating to electro optics 2. a. relating to or being a change in the refractive index of a material due to an electric field < electro optical effect > b. using or being a material that exhibits… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Acousto-optic modulator — An acousto optic modulator (AOM), also called a Bragg cell, uses the acousto optic effect to diffract and shift the frequency of light using sound waves (usually at radio frequency). They are used in lasers for Q switching, telecommunications for …   Wikipedia

• Fiber-optic communication — An optical fiber junction box. The yellow cables are single mode fibers; the orange and blue cables are multi mode fibers: 50/125 µm OM2 and 50/125 µm OM3 fibers respectively. Fiber optic communication is a method of transmitting information from …   Wikipedia

• Micro-Opto-Electro-Mechanical Systems — (MOEMS) is not a special class of Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) but in fact it is MEMS merged with Micro optics which involves sensing or manipulating optical signals on a very small size scale using integrated mechanical, optical, and… …   Wikipedia

• Fibre optic gyroscope — A fibre optic gyroscope (FOG) is a gyroscope that uses the interference of light to detect mechanical rotation. The sensor is a coil of as much as 5 km of optical fiber.Two light beams travel along the fiber in opposite directions. Due to the… …   Wikipedia

• Q-switching — Q switching, sometimes known as giant pulse formation, is a technique by which a laser can be made to produce a pulsed output beam. The technique allows the production of light pulses with extremely high (gigawatt) peak power, much higher than… …   Wikipedia

• Optical modulators using semiconductor nano-structures — Contents 1 Optical modulators using semiconductor nano structures 1.1 Electro optic modulator of nano structures 1.2 Acousto optic modulator of nano structures …   Wikipedia

• List of electronics topics — Alphabetization has been neglected in some parts of this article (the b section in particular). You can help by editing it. This is a list of communications, computers, electronic circuits, fiberoptics, microelectronics, medical electronics,… …   Wikipedia