Voltage calibration of dual frequency liquid crystal devices for infrared beam steering applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5892, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-7

  Mahajan, Milind ^a   Wen, Bing ^a   Bhupathy, Vinay ^a   Taber, Donald ^a   Winker, Bruce ^a  

^a ROCKWELL SCIENTIFIC COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital beam deflector; Dual frequency; Liquid crystal; Optical phased array; Voltage calibration

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL BEAM DEFLECTORS (DBD); DUAL FREQUENCY; OPTICAL PHASED ARRAYS;

CALIBRATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER BEAMS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS;

EID: 29344457624     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.618096     Document Type: Conference Paper

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