Abstract

Electrooptic modulation has recently been applied in fields such as information processing, Q-switching of lasers, and mode-locking. A precise knowledge of the various factors involved is therefore essential to the design of such a modulator. We report—we believe tot the first time—optically induced problems associated with the design of longitudinal and transverse mode modulators using 42-m crystal glasses. The result may be extended to show some interesting results in the case of traveling wave modulators or various electrooptic beam deflection problems in high input power excitation conditions.

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