Broadband optical beam steering system and device

Details Broadband optical beam steering system and device Broadband optical beam steering system and device

2005-09-20

2005-09-20

Parker, Kenneth (Department: 2871)

Liquid crystal cells, elements and systems

Liquid crystal optical element

Reexamination Certificate

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06947117

ABSTRACT:
A small, compact optical scanning system with small aperture size requirements, wide field-of-regard and minimal color dispersion characteristics. The inventive scanning system and method provides for optical beam steering over a broad spectral band and over a wide field-of-regard. The inventive system includes a novel device for receiving an input wavefront of electromagnetic energy along a first axis and refracting the wavefront as an output wavefront along a second axis. The device is a unique form of a multi-channel liquid crystal array in which each channel has a length parallel to the first axis. By applying signals to change the refractive index of each channel, the incident wavefront can be steered at an angle with respect to the first axis and otherwise manipulated according to the index variant pattern induced in the array. Accordingly, the output beam is steered in response to the applied signals.

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