Demonstration of 3-dimensional wide angle no-moving parts laser beam steering

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5550, Issue , 2004, Pages 47-59

  Khan, Sajjad A ^a   Riza, Nabeel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Liquid crystals; Optical communications; Optical Scanners; Polarization sensitive devices

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL POWER CONSUMPTION; LASER BEAM STEERING; OPTICAL SCANNERS; POLARIZATION-SENSITIVE DEVICES;

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; BIREFRINGENCE; DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERSION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; LASER OPTICS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; SCANNING;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 14944352854     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.561810     Document Type: Conference Paper

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