A 1 GHz Acousto-Optic Photorecorder

Wm. S. Oakley; R. A. Coppock

doi:10.1117/12.955063

30 December 1976 A 1 GHz Acousto-Optic Photorecorder

Wm. S. Oakley, R. A. Coppock

Proceedings Volume 0090, Acousto-Optics: Device Development/Instrumentation/Applications; (1976) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.955063
Event: 20th Annual Technical Symposium, 1976, San Diego, United States

Abstract

A wideband photorecording technique has been developed which will coherently record signals of 1 GHz bandwidth. Strobe illumination of the travelling acoustic wave pattern inside a wideband acousto-optic Bragg cell with sub-nanosecond laser pulses allows recording of the signal waveform by imaging the diffracted light onto photographic film. Coherent readout of a one millisecond record has demonstrated a signal to noise ratio of 25 dB (Speak/Navg).

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Wm. S. Oakley and R. A. Coppock "A 1 GHz Acousto-Optic Photorecorder", Proc. SPIE 0090, Acousto-Optics: Device Development/Instrumentation/Applications, (30 December 1976); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.955063

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