Glossary
- Rise time ( acousto optic ): time it takes for the acoustic wave to run through the beam width
- Acousto optic effect: diffraction of light in a material in which propagates an acoustic wave generating periodic variations in refractive index
- Acousto optic modulator: optical modulator using acousto optic effect
- Gaussian beam: beam with a gaussian distribution of intensity in the plane perpendicular to the direction of propagation - fundamental transverse mode of a laser