A review of phased array steering for narrow-band electrooptical systems

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1078-1096

  McManamon, Paul F ^a   Bos, Philip J ^b   Escuti, Michael J ^c   Heikenfeld, Jason ^d   Serati, Steve ^e   Xie, Huikai ^f   Watson, Edward A ^g  

^a Exciting Technology LLC   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^e BOULDER NONLINEAR SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^g AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam steering; Nonmechanical beam steering; Optical phased arrays; Spatial light modulators

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; LIGHT MODULATORS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MEMS; POLARIZATION;

BEAM-STEERING; ELECTRO-OPTICAL SYSTEMS; HIGH BIREFRINGENCE; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM MIRRORS; NONMECHANICAL BEAM STEERING; OPTICAL PHASED ARRAYS; POLARIZATION GRATINGS; SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATORS;

BIREFRINGENCE;

EID: 66249106027     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2009.2017218     Document Type: Review

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