Broadband and polarization-independent beam steering using dielectrophoresis-tilted prism

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 8651-8656

  Lin, Yeong Jyh ^a   Chen, Kuan Ming ^a   Wu, Shin Tson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTROPHORESIS; LASER BEAMS;

APPLIED VOLTAGES; BEAM-STEERING; BROADBAND BEAMS; DIELECTRIC FORCES; POLARIZATION INDEPENDENT; STEERING ANGLES;

PRISMS;

EID: 66449104931     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.008651     Document Type: Article

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