Title :
Hybrid electrooptic and piezoelectric laser beam steering in two dimensions
Author :
Scrymgeour, David A. ; Koc, Burhanettin ; Tian, Lili ; Gentzel, Matthew W. ; Uchino, Kenji ; Gopalan, Venkatraman
Author_Institution :
Mater. Res. Inst., Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA, USA
Abstract :
With modern optical technology, there is a great demand for devices capable of steering a laser beam at high speed. A hybrid electrooptical scanner and an electromechanical scanner capable of two-dimensional (2-D) laser beam scanning are demonstrated. This device can scan a laser beam in 2-D. A 1° scanning angle in the horizontal axis at 50 Hz using electrooptic scanning and a 5.23° scanning angle in vertical axis at 25.6 kHz using piezoelectric scanning are shown.
Keywords :
beam steering; electro-optical devices; laser beams; optical scanners; piezoelectric devices; 25.6 kHz; 50 Hz; beam steering; electromechanical scanner; electrooptical scanner; hybrid electrooptic-piezoelectric laser; scanning angle; Beam steering; Electrooptic devices; High speed optical techniques; Holographic optical components; Holography; Laser beams; Laser modes; Lasers and electrooptics; Mirrors; Resonance; Electrooptic devices; light deflectors; piezoelectric devices;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2005.853133
