Space-multiplexed optical scanner

    Authors

    N. A. Riza;Z. Yaqoob

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Appl. Optics

    Keywords

    Optics

    Abstract

    A low-loss two-dimensional optical beam scanner that is capable of delivering large (e.g., > 10degrees) angular scans along the elevation as well as the azimuthal direction is presented. The proposed scanner is based on a space-switched parallel-serial architecture that employs a coarse-scanner module and a fine-scanner module that produce an ultrahigh scan space-fill factor, e.g., 900 x 900 distinguishable beams in a 10degrees (elevation) x 10degrees (azimuth) scan space. The experimentally demonstrated one-dimensional version of the proposed scanner has a supercontinuous scan, 100 distinguishable beam spots in a 2.29degrees total scan range, and 1.5-dB optical insertion loss. (C) 2004 Optical Society of America.

    Journal Title

    Applied Optics

    Volume

    43

    Issue/Number

    13

    Publication Date

    1-1-2004

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    2703

    Last Page

    2708

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000221093100011

    ISSN

    1559-128X

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