Computing the liquid crystal director field in optical phased arrays

被引：6
作者：
Barrick, GF
Bos, PJ
Titus, CE
机构：
[1] Case Western Reserve Univ, Dept Math, Cleveland, OH 44106 USA
[2] Kent State Univ, Inst Liquid Crystal, Kent, OH 44242 USA
[3] Rockwell Sci Co, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 USA
来源：
OPTICAL ENGINEERING | 2004年 / 43卷 / 04期
关键词：
optical phased array; beam steering; 2-D optical modeling; two frequency liquid crystal;
D O I：
10.1117/1.1666821
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
Optical phased arrays using birefringent liquid crystals can efficiently steer a laser communication beam to a small angle. The algorithm presented derives a thickness for the liquid crystal cell and computes a sequence of voltages for the device electrodes that best deflects the beam. (C) 2004 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers.
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页码：924 / 932
页数：9
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