Design, simulations and experimental investigations of a compact single mirror tip/tilt laser scanner

Mechatronics

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 741-760

  Hafez, M ^a   Sidler, T C ^a   Salathe R P ^a   Jansen, G L M ^b   Compter, J C ^b  

^a Institute of Applied Optics   (Switzerland)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; BALL BEARINGS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL THEORY; MIRRORS; SCANNING;

LASER SCANNER; LINEAR ELECTROMAGNETIC ACTUATOR;

LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 0034300727     PISSN: 09574158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0957-4158(99)00093-8     Document Type: Article

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