Development and characterization of an acousto-optic modulator

An acousto-optic modulator (AOM) has been developed and characterized. The system was evaluated by feeding radio frequency (RF) signal on the AOM crystal (fused silica crystal) to generate acoustic wave. The AOM then was illuminated by He-Ne laser at its Bragg angle and the modulated beam was charac...

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Main Author: Mat. Daud, Nazariah
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Language:English
Published: 2008
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spelling my-utm-ep.179962018-07-23T05:45:45Z Development and characterization of an acousto-optic modulator 2008-09 Mat. Daud, Nazariah QC Physics An acousto-optic modulator (AOM) has been developed and characterized. The system was evaluated by feeding radio frequency (RF) signal on the AOM crystal (fused silica crystal) to generate acoustic wave. The AOM then was illuminated by He-Ne laser at its Bragg angle and the modulated beam was characterized by using a beam profiler, a power meter, and an oscilloscope. The observation result showed that the modulated beam was diffracted into zero and first order. The Bragg angle linearly increases in the range of 0.127° to 0.256° as the RF signal increase from 30 MHz to 65 MHz. The diffraction efficiency per RF drive power was found to be maximum at 50 MHz. The output power for the zero order diffraction was decreased, while the first order diffraction was increased with the increases in the RF drive power. The average power transmittance coefficient of the AOM for modulated beam is about 72.8 % and the power loss is about 0.1dB/cm at 50 MHz RF signal input. The modulated beam signal was obtained in periodical waveform having pulse width of 48.5 µs, with amplitude of 5.32 V and rise time of 18.7 µs. The pulse width and the amplitude of the modulated signal was found to increase with increases in the input RF pulses width and RF drive power, respectively. 2008-09 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/17996/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/17996/1/NazariahMatDaudMFS2008.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Science Faculty of Science
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Mat. Daud, Nazariah
Development and characterization of an acousto-optic modulator
description An acousto-optic modulator (AOM) has been developed and characterized. The system was evaluated by feeding radio frequency (RF) signal on the AOM crystal (fused silica crystal) to generate acoustic wave. The AOM then was illuminated by He-Ne laser at its Bragg angle and the modulated beam was characterized by using a beam profiler, a power meter, and an oscilloscope. The observation result showed that the modulated beam was diffracted into zero and first order. The Bragg angle linearly increases in the range of 0.127° to 0.256° as the RF signal increase from 30 MHz to 65 MHz. The diffraction efficiency per RF drive power was found to be maximum at 50 MHz. The output power for the zero order diffraction was decreased, while the first order diffraction was increased with the increases in the RF drive power. The average power transmittance coefficient of the AOM for modulated beam is about 72.8 % and the power loss is about 0.1dB/cm at 50 MHz RF signal input. The modulated beam signal was obtained in periodical waveform having pulse width of 48.5 µs, with amplitude of 5.32 V and rise time of 18.7 µs. The pulse width and the amplitude of the modulated signal was found to increase with increases in the input RF pulses width and RF drive power, respectively.
format Thesis
qualification_level Master's degree
author Mat. Daud, Nazariah
author_facet Mat. Daud, Nazariah
author_sort Mat. Daud, Nazariah
title Development and characterization of an acousto-optic modulator
title_short Development and characterization of an acousto-optic modulator
title_full Development and characterization of an acousto-optic modulator
title_fullStr Development and characterization of an acousto-optic modulator
title_full_unstemmed Development and characterization of an acousto-optic modulator
title_sort development and characterization of an acousto-optic modulator
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Science
granting_department Faculty of Science
publishDate 2008
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/17996/1/NazariahMatDaudMFS2008.pdf
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