Micro-electro-mechanical system-based digitally controlled optical beam profiler

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 3506-3510

  Sumriddetchkajorn, Sarun ^a,b   Riza, Nabeel A ^a  

^a Nuonics Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; PHOTODIODES; POLARIMETERS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

MICROMIRROR DEVICES; OPTICAL BEAM PROFILERS;

ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 0037141927     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.003506     Document Type: Article

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