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AssigneeNorthrop Grumman Corporation
InventorsJames M. Cicchiello, Curtis J. Harkrider, Kenneth E. Kreischer, David A. Gallagher
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A beam-steering element made of a more optically-active material, potassium tantalate niobate, with an improved diffraction efficiency, having a plurality of electrode layers and one electro-optic crystal layer interposed between every two adjacent electrode layers. Each electro-optic crystal layer and the electrode layer adjacent thereto have an aspect ratio of about 1:1. The electrode layers and the electro-optic crystal layers are interposed between two substrates. Preferably, the substrates are transparent to an incoming beam to be modulated by the electro-optic crystal layer.
A beam-steering element, comprising a plurality of electrode layers and one electro-optic crystal layer made of potassium tantalate niobate interposed between every two adjacent electrode layers, the electrode layers being transparent to an incoming beam to be modulated by the electro-optic crystal layer, wherein each electro-optic layer includes a surface figure that is a function of the wavelength of an incoming beam.
An electro-optic crystal beam-steering element, comprising:
A method of fabricating an electro-optic, agile beam-steering device, comprising forming an electro-optic modulation layer and a plurality of electrodes having an aspect ratio of about 1:1, wherein each electro-optic layer includes a surface figure that is a function of the wavelength of an incoming beam.
An electro-optic, agile beam-steering device, comprising an electro-optic modulation layer and a plurality of electrodes having an aspect ratio of about 1:1, wherein each electro-optic layer includes a surface figure that is a funtion of the wavelength of an incoming beam.
A beam-steering element, comprising:
An electro-optic crystal beam-steering element, comprising:
An electro-optic, agile beam-steering device, comprising an electro-optic modulation layer, a plurality of electrodes having an aspect ratio of about 1:1, the electrodes being formed on a substrate, wherein an anti-reflective coating is coated on a surface of the substrate opposite the electrodes.
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