Demonstration of 3-dimensional wide-angle no-moving-parts laser beam steering

Sajjad A. Khan; Nabeel A. Riza

doi:10.1117/12.561810

20 October 2004 Demonstration of 3-dimensional wide-angle no-moving-parts laser beam steering

Sajjad A. Khan, Nabeel A. Riza

Proceedings Volume 5550, Free-Space Laser Communications IV; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.561810
Event: Optical Science and Technology, the SPIE 49th Annual Meeting, 2004, Denver, Colorado, United States

Abstract

Design and demonstration of a versatile liquid crystal-based scanner is shown for steering a laser beam in three dimensions. The scanner consists of a unique combination of digital and analog control polarization-based beamforming optics resulting in both continuous and random fashion beam steering. The scanner features a novel device biasing method, large aperture beamforming optics, low electrical power consumption, and ultra-fine as well as wide angle coarse beam steering. Demonstrations include one, two and three dimensional beam steering with a maximum of 40.92° continuous scan, all at 1550 nm. The minimum scanner aperture is 1 cm diameter and uses a combination of ferroelectric and nematic liquid crystals in addition to Rutile crystal birefringent prisms.

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Sajjad A. Khan and Nabeel A. Riza "Demonstration of 3-dimensional wide-angle no-moving-parts laser beam steering", Proc. SPIE 5550, Free-Space Laser Communications IV, (20 October 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.561810

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