Novel laser beam steering techniques

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6397, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Tholl, Hans Dieter ^a  

^a Diehl BGT Defence   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decentered micro lenses; Laser beam steering; Optical phased arrays; Spatial light modulators

Indexed keywords

ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PHASE CONTROL; POWER CONTROL; REMOTE SENSING;

DECENTERED MICRO-LENSES; LASER BEAM STEERING; OPTICAL PHASED ARRAYS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 33846256941     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.689900     Document Type: Conference Paper

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