We present three novel mechanical laser shutter designs based, respectively, on a stepper motor, a relay, and a piezoelectric actuator. Each shutter type is ideally suited to a specific shuttering application. The stepper motor is well suited for applications requiring low vibrations, the relay is compact and capable of rapid bursts, and the piezoelectric is 2 orders of magnitude faster than other available mechanical shutters.
REFERENCES
1.
Thorlabs SH05, Newport 71445, SRS 475, Uniblitz LS2, Edmund NT59-596, EOPC CH-40 or EOPC SH-10 among others.
2.
K.
Singer
, S.
Jochim
, M.
Mudrich
, A.
Mosk
, and M.
Weidemüller
, Rev. Sci. Instrum.
73
, 4402
(2002
).3.
L.
Maguire
, S.
Szilagyi
, and R.
Sholten
, Rev. Sci. Instrum.
75
, 3077
(2004
).4.
5.
M.
Ye
, D.
Jiang
, and C.
Wong
, Rev. Sci. Instrum.
61
, 2003
(1990
).6.
See http://george.ph.utexas.edu/~meyrath/informal/shutter.pdf for T. Meyrath, “Inexpensive mechanical shutter and driver for optics experiments.”
© 2011 American Institute of Physics.
2011
American Institute of Physics
You do not currently have access to this content.