The acousto-optic modulator as an element of the radio and optical signal processing system is considered. The transparency function of the acousto-optic modulator is established and a procedure for its linearization is proposed. A new generalized superposition principle for the transparency function of a pair of acousto-optic modulators, which located close to each other, is introduced. In the framework of computer simulation, the diffraction divergence of acoustic waves in the non-dissipative and dissipative mediums of acousto-optic interaction is investigated. The criterion of difference of diffracted field from rectangle consists in the increase of plane figure radius of inertia, which describing a one-dimensional diffraction acoustic field, from the radius of inertia of rectangle, which describes a non-diffracted field.

Date Published: 24 August 2017
PDF: 14 pages
Proc. SPIE 10395, Optics and Photonics for Information Processing XI, 1039515 (24 August 2017); doi: 10.1117/12.2271616

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 10395:
Optics and Photonics for Information Processing XI
Khan M. Iftekharuddin; Abdul A. S. Awwal; Mireya García Vázquez; Andrés Márquez; Víctor H. Diaz-Ramirez, Editor(s)