photochopper

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English

Etymology

From photo- +‎ chopper.

Noun

photochopper (plural photochoppers)

  1. (electronics) An optoelectronic device that converts a DC input signal into a higher frequency signal.
    • 1963, Space/aeronautics - Volume 40, page 98:
      A typical photochopper circuit is made up of two neon bulbs electrically connected in the form of a relaxation oscillator (Fig. 5).
    • 1966, Richard F. Shea, Amplifier handbook, page 18-66:
      ... the isolation between the bulb and photochopper must be 170 db.
    • 1998, R. Baudo, Gianni Tartari, M. Munawar, Top of the world environmental research:
      Electric pulses with a frequency proportional to the angular velocity of the cups are obtained by means of radial magnets on the rotor axis and fixed transducers or by means of a photochopper.