The principles of laser beam control with polarization gratings introduced as diffractive waveplates

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7775, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Nersisyan, S R ^a   Tabiryan, N V ^a   Steeves, D M ^b   Kimball, B R ^b  

^a BEAM ENGINEERING FOR ADVANCED MEASUREMENTS CO   (United States)

^b U S ARMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam steering; Diffractive waveplates; Electro optics; Holography; Imaging; Liquid crystals; Optical switching; Polarization gratings

Indexed keywords

BEAM-STEERING; ELECTRO-OPTICS; IMAGING; OPTICAL SWITCHING; POLARIZATION GRATINGS; WAVEPLATES;

CRYSTALS; DIFFRACTION; HOLOGRAPHY; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; RADIATION EFFECTS;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 77957973726     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.862463     Document Type: Conference Paper

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