Your application will dictate which versions of modulator and driver electronics you need and what auxiliary components you should use. Most often, the first application requirements considered in the choice of modulation system components are the information bandwidth and waveform requirement. Standard Conoptics products include eight general purpose drivers.

E-O modulators and modulation systems are used for pulse selection, regen switching, video disk mastering and data recording.

Products include E-O phase modulators, beam deflectors, associated drivers, transverse field modulators, laser noise-reduction systems, calcite polarizers, deep UV polarizers, and optical isolators. Conoptics also manufactures, on a custom basis, intensity modulation systems with high frequency capabilities beyond 400 MHz and frequency chirping and FM spectroscopy modulators out to several Ghz.

They can scan a laser beam over a range of angles, or control the output angle of a laser beam with great accuracy. Conoptics employs a quadrapole electric field in an electro-optic material to produce a linear refractive index gradient proportional to the applied signal voltage.

As a result of their choice of material and the crystallographic orientation, they've eliminated the piezoelectric ringing that's normally associated with other deflectors. What's more, there are no moving parts, they do not fatigue with prolonged use, and entire beam is deflected (unlike the acousto-optic devices). The angular deflection of E-O Deflectors is small and has rapid random access response and is extremely precise.

With their switching systems, you'll be able to achieve switching rates to tens of MHz and virtually eliminate EMI effects. That's because the low voltage design approach in their modulator driver reduces modulator drive levels by an order of magnitude compared to other methods. Each of our switching systems consists of an optical modulator, a modulator driver, and synchronization electronics.

The current technology involving mode locked lasers and regen systems primarily deals with the 500 to 2000nm spectral range, a region served by Conoptics' 350(KD*P) and 360(LTA) series modulators. Their modulator drivers offer various output formats.

Noise eaters significantly lowers noise intensity in laser beams.

Reducing the noise intensity in gas lasers is essential for video disc mastering. Our LASS-II (Laser Amplitude Stabilization System) sets a new standard in the industry. You get a state-of-the art electro-optic feedback loop that will significantly improve the signal/noise ratio of the laser over a much broader bandwidth.

For more information, we refer you to the pdf file below.

Optical isolation also protects your equipment from dangerous ground loops, spikes and surges.

Main Features
• Spectral range from 350nm up to 1135nm / 1064nm
• Specific center wavelength on request
• Isolation up to 60dBm
• Transmission Maximum up to 92%