Minimum/Constant Voltage Lead Lanthanum Zirconate Titanate (PLZT) Electro-Optic Shutters

James O. Harris Jr.; Jack D. Cyrus; George R. Laguna

doi:10.1117/12.965906

17 May 1982 Minimum/Constant Voltage Lead Lanthanum Zirconate Titanate (PLZT) Electro-Optic Shutters

James O. Harris Jr., Jack D. Cyrus, George R. Laguna

Proceedings Volume 0307, Polarizers and Applications; (1982) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.965906
Event: 25th Annual Technical Symposium, 1981, San Diego, United States

Abstract

Lead lanthanum zirconate titanate (PLZT) shutters have been developed and proposed for several military and industrial applications. To achieve electronic simplification in the control circuitry it is desirable to lower the voltage operating level to less than 600 volts, and to minimize logistic problems relating to spare lens inventories it is desirable to produce shutters with a relatively constant operating voltage. Experimental data is presented for a number of electrode gap/PLZT wafer thickness ratios which indicate that this 600 volt maximum can be attained. A procedure is then described whereby manufactured shutters or lens assemblies can be electroded to operate over a narrow voltage range.

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James O. Harris Jr., Jack D. Cyrus, and George R. Laguna "Minimum/Constant Voltage Lead Lanthanum Zirconate Titanate (PLZT) Electro-Optic Shutters", Proc. SPIE 0307, Polarizers and Applications, (17 May 1982); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.965906

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