Diffractive transmission grating tuned by dielectric elastomer actuator

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 1090-1092

  Aschwanden, Manuel ^a   Beck, Markus ^a   Stemmer, Andrea ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Beam steering; Dielectric elastomer actuator (DEA); Diffraction; Tunable grating

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER ACTUATOR; DIFFRACTIVE TRANSMISSION GRATING; TUNABLE GRATING;

ACTUATORS; ADAPTIVE OPTICS; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; ELASTOMERS; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; POLARIZATION; SIGNAL DISTORTION; TUNING;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 34447337501     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2007.900055     Document Type: Article

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