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optical chopper

A mechanical or electrical-electromagnetic device for periodically interrupting or blocking abeam of light for a brief known interval. The three most common chopper types include the tuning fork chopper, the rotating shutter chopper (also referred to as rotating disc chopper) chopper and the more sophisticated optical chopper such as the Kerr cell.
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