• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 10, Issue s2, S20502 (2012)
Fei Pan, Lingjiang Kong, Xiaobo Yang, Yue Ai, and Yan Zhou
DOI: 10.3788/col201210.s20502 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
Fei Pan, Lingjiang Kong, Xiaobo Yang, Yue Ai, Yan Zhou. Dual beam deflection of liquid crystal optical phased array[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2012, 10(s2): S20502 Copy Citation Text show less

Abstract

Dual beam deflection models based on one dimensional liquid crystal optical phased array (LCOPA) are discussed and compared in this letter. The far-field diffraction performance of the models is influenced by various impact factors, such as fill factor and fringing electric fields. For optimizing far-field diffraction performance, the combined influence of different impact factors is analyzed and a phase iterative algorithm which use the root-mean-square (RMS) phase deviation as a performance index is presented. The proposed algorithm is able to reduce phase deviation and improve the performance of far-field diffraction pattern at the same time. The simulation and experiments used in the letter effectively verify the proposed algorithm.
Fei Pan, Lingjiang Kong, Xiaobo Yang, Yue Ai, Yan Zhou. Dual beam deflection of liquid crystal optical phased array[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2012, 10(s2): S20502
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