Compact unit operates much faster than conventional piezoelectric scanners. High voltage creates electric field in Pockels cell, changing refractive properties. Cell changes optical path length between mirrors without mechanically moving anything in gap. High voltage varied rapidly to scan interferometer. Voltage applied longitudinally or transversely, depending on type of Pockels cell. New electro-optic scanner scans given range in one-millionth time of piezoelectric scanner - tens to hundreds of nanoseconds per interferometer order. Also reducing size of interferometer.
Electro-optical Tuning of Fabry-Perot Interferometers
NASA Tech Briefs ; 10 , 2
1986-05-01
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