Comparison of Macro-Tip/Tilt and Meso-Scale Position Beam-Steering Transducers for Free-Space Optical Communications Using a Quadrant Photodiode Sensor

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5160, Issue , 2003, Pages 192-203

  Fielhauer, K B ^a   Boone, B C ^a   Bruzzi, J R ^a   Kluga, B E ^a   Connelly, J R ^a   Bierbaum, M M ^a   Gorman, J J ^b   Dagalakis, N ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam steering; Optical communications; Position transducer; Quadrant photodetector; Tip tilt

Indexed keywords

BEAM-STEERING; POSITION TRANSDUCERS; QUADRANT PHOTODETECTORS; TIP/TILT;

AVIATION; BANDWIDTH; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTODIODES; SENSORS; SPACE OPTICS; TRANSDUCERS;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 16544375380     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.506179     Document Type: Conference Paper

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