 ##  [Electro-Optic Modulation](/electro-optic-modulation) 

  ##  [Electro-Optic Modulation](https://engineering.quantumdictionary.io/electro-optic-modulation-0) 

  
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**Engineering &amp; Applied Technologies Dictionary**

 
Definition

Controlled change of an optical property of a material or device (commonly refractive index or phase, less commonly absorption or birefringence) produced by an applied electric field, used to impose amplitude, phase, frequency, or polarization modulation on light.