Terahertz beam steering and variable focusing using programmable diffraction gratings

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 2347-2354

  Monnai, Yasuaki ^a   Altmann, Kristian ^b   Jansen, Christian ^b   Hillmer, Hartmut ^c   Koch, Martin ^b   Shinoda, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; ELECTROSTATIC ACTUATORS; FREQUENCY BANDS;

BEAM-STEERING; CHIRPED GRATINGS; DIFFRACTION OPTICS; FLEXIBLE SYSTEM; GRATING PATTERNS; HIGHLY INTEGRATED; METALLIC CANTILEVER; SPATIALLY RESOLVED; SPATIO-TEMPORAL; TERA HERTZ; THZ TIME DOMAIN SPECTROSCOPY; THZ WAVES; VARIABLE FOCUSING; WIDE FREQUENCY BANDS;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; ILLUMINATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; REFRACTOMETRY; TERAHERTZ RADIATION;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LENSES; LIGHTING; REFRACTOMETRY; TERAHERTZ RADIATION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874031805     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.002347     Document Type: Article

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