CA968446A - Digital light deflector using electro-optic grating - Google Patents

Digital light deflector using electro-optic grating

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CA968446A
CA968446A CA118,263A CA118263A CA968446A CA 968446 A CA968446 A CA 968446A CA 118263 A CA118263 A CA 118263A CA 968446 A CA968446 A CA 968446A
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electro
digital light
light deflector
optic grating
grating
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CA118,263A
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Jacob M. Hammer
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RCA Corp
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RCA Corp
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/29—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the position or the direction of light beams, i.e. deflection
    • G02F1/31—Digital deflection, i.e. optical switching
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/29—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the position or the direction of light beams, i.e. deflection
    • G02F1/292—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the position or the direction of light beams, i.e. deflection by controlled diffraction or phased-array beam steering

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Nonlinear Science (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Optical Modulation, Optical Deflection, Nonlinear Optics, Optical Demodulation, Optical Logic Elements (AREA)
  • Liquid Crystal (AREA)
CA118,263A 1970-07-20 1971-07-14 Digital light deflector using electro-optic grating Expired CA968446A (en)

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US5649670A 1970-07-20 1970-07-20

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CA968446A true CA968446A (en) 1975-05-27

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US (1) US3626511A (ja)
JP (1) JPS5214628B1 (ja)
CA (1) CA968446A (ja)
FR (1) FR2103124A5 (ja)
GB (1) GB1345815A (ja)

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US5943159A (en) * 1996-05-14 1999-08-24 Zhu; Tom Yuxin Method and apparatus for optical beam steering
US6765644B1 (en) * 2000-03-01 2004-07-20 Raytheon Company Broadband optical beam steering system and method
US9739448B2 (en) 2012-05-08 2017-08-22 The Hong Kong University Of Science And Technology Patterned polarization grating polarization converter
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Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO1985001591A1 (en) * 1983-09-26 1985-04-11 Isomet Corporation Overlapping electrode structure for multi-channel acousto-optic devices
US4516838A (en) * 1983-09-26 1985-05-14 Isomet Corporation Overlapping electrode structure for multi-channel acousto-optic devices

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DE2136060B2 (de) 1977-02-17
US3626511A (en) 1971-12-07
DE2136060A1 (de) 1972-01-27
JPS5214628B1 (ja) 1977-04-22
FR2103124A5 (ja) 1972-04-07
GB1345815A (en) 1974-02-06

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