Miniature planar telescopes for efficient, wide-angle, high-precision beam steering

Ziqian He; Kun Yin; Shin-Tson Wu

doi:10.1038/s41377-021-00576-9

Light: Science & Applications (Jun 2021)

Miniature planar telescopes for efficient, wide-angle, high-precision beam steering

Ziqian He,
Kun Yin,
Shin-Tson Wu

Affiliations

Ziqian He: College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida
Kun Yin: College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida
Shin-Tson Wu: College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41377-021-00576-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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A cascaded liquid crystal polymer-based miniature angle magnifier is demonstrated to enable high-efficiency, wide-range, and high-precision beam steering for light detection and ranging (LiDAR) applications.

Published in Light: Science & Applications

ISSN: 2047-7538 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General): Applied optics. Photonics; Science: Physics: Optics. Light
Website: https://www.nature.com/lsa/

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