Description

AOFS Acousto Optic Frequency Shifter Fiber Coupled for Frequency Shifting in Interferometer

 

Operating wavelength: 532nm
Operating frequency: 100MHz
Insertion loss: 2.5dB
Rise time: 25ns
Fiber type: PM/SM
Extinction ratio: ≥50dB
Polarization extinction ratio: ≥20dB
Withstand optical power: ≤0.5W
Drive power: ≤2W
Pigtail length: 1m
Fiber connector: FC/APC
RF connector: SMA
Input impedance: 50Ω

 

 

Interferometers are investigative tools used in many fields of science and engineering. Pioneered in the mid- to late-1800s, they are called interferometers because they work by merging sources of light to create an interference pattern, which can be measured and analyzed: hence ‘Interfere-meter’, or interferometer.

The basics. ‘Interferometry’ is a measurement method using the phenomenon of interference of waves (usually light, radio or sound waves). The measurements may include those of certain characteristics of the waves themselves and the materials that the waves interact with.