Electro-optic and acousto-optic laser beam scanners

Physics Procedia

Volumn 56, Issue C, 2014, Pages 29-39

  Romer G R B E ^a   Bechtold, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acousto optical deflector; Electro optical deflector; Large stroke small stroke; Laser beam scanner; Mirror based deflection; Optical solid state deflectors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923191416     PISSN: 18753884     EISSN: 18753892     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phpro.2014.08.092     Document Type: Conference Paper

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