{"id":1508,"date":"2012-04-17T18:42:31","date_gmt":"2012-04-17T22:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.vassar.edu\/magnes\/?p=1508"},"modified":"2013-07-11T10:25:34","modified_gmt":"2013-07-11T14:25:34","slug":"phase-modulation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/magnes\/2012\/04\/17\/phase-modulation\/","title":{"rendered":"Phase Modulation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Phase modulation is not a very difficult concept to grasp. In my blog proposal I presented this equation<\/p>\n<p class=\"ql-center-displayed-equation\" style=\"line-height: 39px;\"><span class=\"ql-right-eqno\"> (1) <\/span><span class=\"ql-left-eqno\"> &nbsp; <\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/magnes\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-e7e70cba2cbe2ada3eed1d17fe1d3e1a_l3.png\" height=\"39\" width=\"175\" class=\"ql-img-displayed-equation \" alt=\"&#92;&#98;&#101;&#103;&#105;&#110;&#123;&#101;&#113;&#117;&#97;&#116;&#105;&#111;&#110;&#42;&#125; &#92;&#102;&#114;&#97;&#99;&#123;&#49;&#125;&#123;&#110;&#94;&#123;&#50;&#125;&#125;&#61;&#92;&#102;&#114;&#97;&#99;&#123;&#49;&#125;&#123;&#123;&#110;&#95;&#123;&#48;&#125;&#125;&#94;&#123;&#50;&#125;&#125;&#125;&#43;&#114;&#69;&#43;&#82;&#69;&#94;&#50; &#92;&#101;&#110;&#100;&#123;&#101;&#113;&#117;&#97;&#116;&#105;&#111;&#110;&#42;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\"\/><\/p>\n<p>This allows you to change the index of refraction with an applied electric field. The speed a wave travels inside a new medium is equal to the speed of light in a vacuum divided by the index of refraction of the material <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/magnes\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-679cfdaafb95cb26768c8d39b39bffad_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula \" alt=\"&#118;&#61;&#92;&#102;&#114;&#97;&#99;&#123;&#99;&#125;&#123;&#110;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"19\" width=\"44\" style=\"vertical-align: -6px;\"\/>. Using this relationship and the equation above, we have an expression that relates the applied electric field strength to the speed of the wave in inside the crystal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ql-center-displayed-equation\" style=\"line-height: 42px;\"><span class=\"ql-right-eqno\"> (2) <\/span><span class=\"ql-left-eqno\"> &nbsp; <\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/magnes\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-a179a6b0b47a12a5f8f61e8a5da875ea_l3.png\" height=\"42\" width=\"202\" class=\"ql-img-displayed-equation \" alt=\"&#92;&#98;&#101;&#103;&#105;&#110;&#123;&#101;&#113;&#117;&#97;&#116;&#105;&#111;&#110;&#42;&#125; &#123;&#118;&#94;&#123;&#50;&#125;&#125;&#61;&#92;&#102;&#114;&#97;&#99;&#123;&#99;&#94;&#123;&#50;&#125;&#125;&#123;&#123;&#110;&#95;&#123;&#48;&#125;&#125;&#94;&#123;&#50;&#125;&#125;&#125;&#43;&#114;&#69;&#99;&#94;&#50;&#43;&#82;&#69;&#94;&#50;&#123;&#99;&#94;&#50;&#125; &#92;&#101;&#110;&#100;&#123;&#101;&#113;&#117;&#97;&#116;&#105;&#111;&#110;&#42;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Once the wave exits the EoM it will have a shift in phase. Being able to vary the speed of the laser inside the crystal very slightly will give you the ability to modulate the phase of the laser so that you can have it exit the EoM at what ever point in its oscillation you wish.<\/p>\n<p>Here is an animation showing a light wave entering a crystal and slowing down having its phase shifted. I could not figure out how to draw lines on the graph but the crystal is from 0 to <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/magnes\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-10d5832a9343f880cd8410307c8bb578_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula \" alt=\"&#50;&#92;&#112;&#105;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"12\" width=\"20\" style=\"vertical-align: 0px;\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">.<a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/magnes\/files\/2012\/04\/phase4.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1970\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/magnes\/files\/2012\/04\/phase4.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/magnes\/files\/2012\/04\/phase4.gif 360w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/magnes\/files\/2012\/04\/phase4-300x188.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phase modulation is not a very difficult concept to grasp. In my blog proposal I presented this equation (1) &nbsp; This allows you to change the index of refraction with an applied electric field. 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