acousto-optics

acousto-optics: The discipline devoted to the interactions between acoustic waves and light waves in a material medium. (188) [After 2196] Note: Acoustic waves can be made to modulate, deflect, and/or focus light waves by causing a variation in the refractive index of the medium.

This HTML version of FS-1037C was last generated on Fri Aug 23 00:22:38 MDT 1996