title: Stressed liquid-crystal optical phased array for fast tip-tilt wavefront correction.
abstract: A liquid-crystal optical phased-array technology that uses stressed liquid crystals provides a new type of tip-tilt wavefront corrector. It demonstrates a very fast time response (10 kHz) and high beam-steering efficiency (approximately 91%). The new technology presented here will allow for a nonmechanical, high-speed correction with simple device construction.
authors.affiliation: Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242, USA. wangbin@lci.kent.edu
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Guoqiang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Anatoliy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Glushchenko
authors.forename: John L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: West
authors.forename: Philip J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Bos
authors.forename: Paul F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: McManamon