title: Note: fast, small, and low vibration mechanical laser shutters.
abstract: We present three novel mechanical laser shutter designs based, respectively, on a stepper motor, a relay, and a piezoelectric actuator. Each shutter type is ideally suited to a specific shuttering application. The stepper motor is well suited for applications requiring low vibrations, the relay is compact and capable of rapid bursts, and the piezoelectric is 2 orders of magnitude faster than other available mechanical shutters.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Física, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí 78290, Mexico.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Martínez
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hernández
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Reyes
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gomez
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ivory
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Davison
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aubin