Title:
NON-MECHANICAL BEAM STEERING TRACKING SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2014/200581
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A non-mechanical optical beam steering device includes one or more polarization gratings (PG) coupled to one or more Steerable Electro-Evanescent Optical Refractors (SEEOR). It provides the coarse steering advantage of the PG and also the continuous fine steering advantage of the SEEOR. The result is far less complexity, size, weight, and cost over the alternative non-mechanical beam steering approaches as well as considerably less complexity, size, weight, cost, scanning-time, and mechanical breakdown over the more traditional gimbaled mirrors commonly used.
Inventors:
AUXIER JASON (US)
DUNAY CHRISTOPHER (US)
PAULI MYRON R (US)
DUNAY CHRISTOPHER (US)
PAULI MYRON R (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2014/022391
Publication Date:
February 26, 2015
Filing Date:
March 10, 2014
Export Citation:
Assignee:
US GOVERNMENT (US)
AUXIER JASON (US)
DUNAY CHRISTOPHER (US)
PAULI MYRON R (US)
AUXIER JASON (US)
DUNAY CHRISTOPHER (US)
PAULI MYRON R (US)
International Classes:
H01S3/10
Foreign References:
| US20120081621A1 | 2012-04-05 | |||
| US20090009668A1 | 2009-01-08 | |||
| US20020093718A1 | 2002-07-18 | |||
| US20050063056A1 | 2005-03-24 | |||
| JP2009047802A | 2009-03-05 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
RESSING, Amy, L. (4555 Overlook Ave SW,Code 1008, Washington DC, US)
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