Definitions

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  • adjective describing a system or material in which the optical properties (especially the refractive index) varies with an applied electric charge
  • adjective of or pertaining to electrooptics

Etymologies

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electro- +‎ optic

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Examples

  • Carl reached into his bag again and pulled out the tiny electrooptic wafer.

    Cyberbooks Bova, Ben, 1932- 1989

  • Carl reached into his bag again and pulled out the tiny electrooptic wafer.

    Cyberbooks Bova, Ben, 1932- 1989

  • Our projects span the space between very applied work on devices like ultra-low voltage electrooptic modulators, to interest in chip-scale nonlinear and quantum optics for novel light sources and all-optical logic circuits.

    The Seattle Times 2011

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