Diffraction efficiency of thin film holographic beam steering devices

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4825, Issue , 2002, Pages 177-188

  Titus, Charles M ^a   Pouch, John ^b   Nguyen, Hung ^b   Miranda, Felix ^b   Bos, Philip J ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam steering; Diffraction grating; Liquid crystal spatial light modulator; Optical simulation; Phase grating

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFRACTION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HOLOGRAPHY; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT MODULATORS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

DIFFRACTION EFFICIENCY; LIQUID CRYSTAL SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATOR; PHASE GRATING; THIN FILM HOLOGRAPHIC BEAM STEERING DEVICE;

DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 0036991779     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.453891     Document Type: Conference Paper

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