Fast beam steering with a ferroelectric-liquid-crystal optical phased array

Applied Optics

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1721-1726

  Engström, David ^a   O'Callaghan, Michael J ^a   Walker, Chris ^a   Handschy, Mark A ^a  

^a Displaytech Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROELECTRICITY; LIGHT MODULATORS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MODULATION; PHASE MODULATION;

ANALOG MODULATIONS; BEAM-STEERING; FERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTAL; HALF-WAVE; OPTIC AXIS; OPTICAL PHASED ARRAYS; QUARTER WAVES; SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATORS;

LIGHT MODULATION;

EID: 65249093163     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.48.001721     Document Type: Article

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