An etalon is an optical device that consists of two parallel reflecting surfaces separated by a precise and known distance. It operates based on the principle of optical interference and is used to control or measure the wavelength of light with...

An electro-optic system using, in general form, an evacuated glass envelope with a semitransparent photocathode at one end...

An optical gate typically refers to a device or system that controls the transmission of light, allowing it to pass through...

Any testing method for materials and components that does not damage or destroy the test sample. Some of the methods used...

A device that detects radiation by utilizing the influence of light in forming an electrical signal. It may be a phototube;...

An electro-optical infrared tracker consisting of a beamsplitter, an illuminating source, an image dissector tube and an...

A device that is designed to modulate a beam of light, usually from a laser source, by acting upon the beam directly. The...

Pertaining to a device that responds to optical power, emits or modifies optical radiation, or utilizes optical radiation...

In optics, the Pockels effect refers to the phenomenon where the refractive index of a material changes in response to an...

Optical fiber optic switches are devices used in optical fiber communication systems to selectively route optical signals...

Conductor element for use in integrated electro-optic systems that measures current flowing through it.

A light valve that uses a crystal as the control layer medium and that operates on the principle of the electro-optic effect.

A material having refractive indices that can be altered by an applied electric field.

That voltage required across a Pockels, Kerr or other electro-optic light modulator to retard one polarization electrical...

The spectroscopic analysis of interference patterns using an electronic imaging tube with a Fabry-Perot interferometer to...

A crystalline material with a high electro-optic coefficient, capable of operating at short wavelengths, with applications...

In an interlaced scanning electro-optical system such as television, the system resolution will be less than the number of...

The process of aligning the crystallites in a piezoelectric material by placing a large DC field across the element at an...

A plate of electro-optical material that serves to rotate the plane of polarization of a light beam.

A device used to control or block a light beam by means of the Kerr electro-optical effect, and other electro-optic devices...

The effect whereby a light beam is deflected by a birefringent prism when its polarization is changed by voltage applied to...

A device used to control or block a light beam by means of the Kerr electro-optical effect.

The technology of generating and harnessing light and other forms of radiant energy whose quantum unit is the photon. The...

An optically bistable device used for photonic switching, constructed of a multiple quantum well biased by an external...

An electro-optic modulator (EOM) is a device used to modulate the amplitude, phase, or polarization of light waves using an...

The change in the refractive index of a material under the influence of an electrical field.

Material used to integrate photoconductors into electro-optical systems. It should provide low resistance to the flow of...

A device containing an electro-optic crystal and using the Pockels effect. A voltage applied across the crystal generates...

Optical materials refer to substances or compounds specifically chosen for their optical properties and used in the...

A device to modulate spatially a collimated coherent beam of light with input data in optical data processing. It uses a...

1. The branch of physics that deals with the use of electrical energy to create or manipulate light waves, generally by...

A transistor designed to respond to either light or electrical signals.

A radar system that uses electro-optic rather than microwave instrumentation and methods to perform its acquisition and...

A bomb guided to its target by some form of electro-optical system.

A crystalline ferroelectric material used primarily as a substrate and an active medium for thin-film optical modulators and...