TY - JOUR N2 - In this paper, design, construction and switching parameters of a self-made optical shutter with scalable aperture were reported. The aim of the study was to obtain the shortest possible switching times, minimum shutter open time and comparable with commercial shutter, the switch-on and switch-off times. For this purpose, numerical simulations were performed using Comsol Multiphysics 5.4. The design of the shutter and the control system have been optimized accordingly to the obtained results of numerical simulations. The optimized design was fabricated in a professional mechanical workshop and operational parameters of the constructed device were investigated. The switching parameters of the shutter, such as opening time, closing time, minimum shutter open time and other parameters were measured. The values of the parameters were determined from a statistical analysis of a sample consisting of 10,000 measurement results. The performed characterization showed that the tested device has the opening time of 0.8 ms, while the closing time is approximately 1 ms. The designed device is characterized by the minimum shutter open time of 6.4 ms. L1 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/120554/PDF-MASTER/27_02242_Bpast.No.69(5)_drukM1.pdf L2 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/120554 PY - 2021 IS - 5 EP - e138236 DO - 10.24425/bpasts.2021.138236 KW - optical shutter KW - numerical simulation KW - current source KW - jitter A1 - Pokryszka, Piotr A1 - Wośko, Mateusz A1 - Kijaszek, Wojciech A1 - Paszkiewicz, Regina VL - 69 DA - 30.08.2021 T1 - High performance optical shutter design with scalable aperture SP - e138236 UR - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/120554 T2 - Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences Technical Sciences ER -