RESONANT SELF-PULSING ACOUSTO-OPTICAL MODULATOR

摘要

A self-pulsing acousto-optical modulator system produces acoustical pulses in the modulator which are capable of deflecting an optical beam. Multiple resonances in the modulator are phase locked by means of an electrical feedback path, thereby producing a continuous series of traveling pulses in the modulator. When this modulator system is placed in a laser cavity it causes the laser beam to be repetitively switched out of the cavity, producing laser pulses.