AcoustoOpticalDevice_Type¶
Bases: ManufacturerSpec_Type
Represents the XML complex type AcoustoOpticalDevice.
This is a device that performs spatial, temporal, and spectral modulations of light on the basis of acousto-optic (AO) diffraction. AO diffraction is a phenomenon whereby an acoustic wave propagating in an optically transparent medium, produces a periodic modulation of the index of refraction of the medium via the elasto-optical effect and might therefore diffract portions of an incident light into one or more directions.