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Large-angle agile laser beam steering apparatus and method

US7961369B2 · kind B2 · utility

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18Claims

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Assignee

Teledyne Licensing, LLC · US

Inventors

Mohsen Khoshnevisan · Newbury Park, US
Ray C. Delcher · Oxnard, US
Mark D. Ewbank · Newbury Park, US
Arthur Chiou · Thousand Oaks, US
William R. Christian · Newbury Park, US
Randolph L. Hall · Newbury Park, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 28, 2005
Grant date	Jun 14, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 2, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B5/284
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A laser beam steering apparatus includes a beam steering cell with an adjustable shape, with the cell having opposing Fabry-Perot filters, and a steering mechanism coupled to the cell to adjust its shape so that the direction of a laser beam emitted from the cell is changed in response to a change in the cell shape.

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