Low cost fast frequency switching driver for Acousto-Optic Modulators used in laser cooling

In many laser atom cooling experiments, Acousto-Optic Modulators (AOM) are used to modulate a laser beam frequency close to an electronic resonance of the atoms. Commercially available RF drivers for the AOMs tend to be expensive ($2k and above) and can also require supplementary equipment such as p...

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Main Authors: Aniket Bhandare, Abhishek Patnaik, David Pommerenke, Sachin Sharma, Daniel Fischer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-04-01
Series:HardwareX
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S246806721830066X