Liquid crystal digital beam steering device based on decoupled birefringent deflector and polarization rotator

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Volumn 433, Issue , 2005, Pages 279-295

  Pishnyak, Oleg ^a   Kreminska, Liubov ^a   Lavrentovich, Oleg D ^a   Pouch, John J ^b   Miranda, Felix A ^b   Winker, Bruce K ^c  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c ROCKWELL SCIENTIFIC COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam deflector; Birefringent prism; Polarization rotator; Smectic A

Indexed keywords

BEAM DEFLECTOR; BIREFRINGENT PRISM; DIGITAL BEAM DEFLECTORS (DBD); POLARIZATION ROTATOR; SMECTIC A;

BIREFRINGENCE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; POLARIZATION; PRISMS;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 33644785864     PISSN: 15421406     EISSN: 15635287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15421400590955587     Document Type: Conference Paper

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