Wide-angle nonmechanical beam steering using thin liquid crystal polarization gratings

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7093, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Kim, Jihwan ^a   Oh, Chulwoo ^a   Escuti, Michael J ^a   Hosting, Lance ^b   Serati, Steve ^b  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b BOULDER NONLINEAR SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser beam steering; Laser radar; Lidar; Liquid crystals; Non mechanical beam steering; Polarization grating

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIFFRACTION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; LIGHT; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL RADAR; POLARIZATION; POWDERS; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE OPTICS; VEGETATION; WAVEFRONTS;

LASER BEAM STEERING; LASER RADAR; LIDAR; NON-MECHANICAL BEAM STEERING; POLARIZATION GRATING;

STEERING;

EID: 55549085859     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.795752     Document Type: Conference Paper

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