Liquid-crystal blazed-grating beam deflector

Applied Optics

Volumn 39, Issue 35, 2000, Pages 6545-6555

  Wang, Xu ^a   Wilson, Daniel ^b   Muller, Richard ^b   Maker, Paul ^b   Psaltis, Demetri ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; ELECTRON BEAMS; HOLOGRAPHY; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES;

BEAM DEFLECTORS;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 0010674471     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.39.006545     Document Type: Article

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