• Photonic Sensors
  • Vol. 6, Issue 4, 289 (2016)
Yubin SHI*, Jianmin ZHANG, and and Zhen ZHANG
Author Affiliations
  • State Key Laboratory of Laser Interaction with Matter, Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology, Xi’an, 710024, China
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    DOI: 10.1007/s13320-016-0348-2 Cite this Article
    Yubin SHI, Jianmin ZHANG, and Zhen ZHANG. Experimental Analysis of Beam Pointing System Based on Liquid Crystal Optical Phase Array[J]. Photonic Sensors, 2016, 6(4): 289 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    In this paper, we propose and demonstrate an elementary non-mechanical beam aiming and steering system with a single liquid crystal optical phase array (LC-OPA) and charge-coupled device (CCD). With the conventional method of beam steering control, the LC-OPA device can realize one dimensional beam steering continuously. An improved beam steering strategy is applied to realize two dimensional beam steering with a single LC-OPA. The whole beam aiming and steering system, including an LC-OPA and a retroreflective target, is controlled by the monitor. We test the feasibility of beam steering strategy both in one dimension and in two dimension at first, then the whole system is build up based on the improved strategy. The experimental results show that the max experimental pointing error is 56 μrad, and the average pointing error of the system is 19 μrad.
    Yubin SHI, Jianmin ZHANG, and Zhen ZHANG. Experimental Analysis of Beam Pointing System Based on Liquid Crystal Optical Phase Array[J]. Photonic Sensors, 2016, 6(4): 289
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