DocumentCode
1572721
Title
A review of non mechanical beam steering options
Author
McManamon, Paul F.
Author_Institution
Exciting Technol. LLC, Dayton, OH
fYear
2008
Firstpage
575
Lastpage
576
Abstract
The classic approach is liquid crystal optical phase delay using a sawtooth phase profile. Other approaches are reviewed and compared, including Continuous Optical Phased Arrays, COPA, Birefringent gratings, writeable lenslets, electro-wetting, Holographic Glass, and MEMS.
Keywords
beam steering; diffraction gratings; lenses; liquid crystals; micro-optomechanical devices; optical arrays; optical glass; Birefringent gratings; MEMS; continuous optical phased arrays; electro-wetting; holographic glass; liquid crystal optical phase delay; nonmechanical beam steering options; sawtooth phase profile; writeable lenslets; Beam steering; Birefringence; Delay; Glass; Gratings; Holographic optical components; Holography; Liquid crystals; Optical arrays; Phased arrays;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2008. LEOS 2008. 21st Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location
Acapulco
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-1931-9
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-1932-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688748
Filename
4688748
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