Electro-Optical Modulators Empower Lasers for Science Applications
Mar 1, 2015 — Scientific fields such as atomic physics, chemistry, biology and even astronomy are inspired by the use of lasers and ultimately will benefit from the addition of electro-optical modulators. The fundamental research fields of laser spectroscopy and, eventually, laser cooling were the first real driving forces behind the need for high-precision lasers. Ultracold atomic physics, which is based on laser cooling, is a vivid research field that examines phenomena such as superfluidity, where