Abstract
A multi-channel acousto-optic modulator contains an integrated structure for providing active compensation for transient thermal effects. A plurality of electro-thermal elements in the form of resistive strips are interleaved with acoustic wave launching transducers, to which signals are applied for modulating respective acoustic waves launched into an acousto-optic medium. The resistive strips receive electrical signals that controllably introduce respective thermal energy components into the acousto-optic medium adjacent to the signal launch transducers, in a manner that causes the overall spatial distribution of thermal energy in the acousto-optic medium to have a prescribed characteristic. By establishing an thermal gradient characteristic across all the channels of the RF signal processor, and compensating each channel on an individual basis, the invention effectively compensates for time-dependent variations in heating, resulting in a substantially level thermal behavior.
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