title: Design and performance of a 20-stage digital light beam deflector.
abstract: This paper gives optical design considerations and experimental results of a 20-stage digital light beam deflector consisting of a series of nitrobenzene Kerr cells and birefringent calcite prisms. The laser beam is deflected into a two-dimensional raster of 1024 by 1024 positions with a deflection rate of 500 kHz. The optical transmission of the deflector itself is 79% for green laser light. Data about background light and resolution as well as display examples showing alphanumerics and graphics are given.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Riekmann
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: U J
authors.initials: UJ
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rahlff
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schrbder
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Thust