Pointing units and methods of operating pointing units
US12348266B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 28, 2022 |
| Grant date | Jul 1, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 28, 2042 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02F2203/58
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A pointing unit (100) for use with a free space optical (FSO) communications terminal (105) including an optical arrangement (101) of one or more optically transmissive steering elements (101a, 101b). The steering elements (101a, 101b) are arranged in an optical path of an incident beam (107) entering the optical arrangement (100), and the orientation of at least one element (101a, 101b), and the refractive index of at least one element (101a, 101b), are controllable to steer a beam (107b) towards a target (110).
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