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NASA NTRS · 20080048191

Nematic Cells for Digital Light Deflection

Abstract

Smectic A (SmA) materials can be used in non-mechanical, digital beam deflectors (DBDs) as fillers for passive birefringent prisms based on decoupled pairs of electrically controlled, liquid crystalline polarization rotators, like twisted nematic (TN) cells and passive deflectors. DBDs are used in free-space laser communications, optical fiber communications, optical switches, scanners, and in-situ wavefront correction.

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Pishnyak, Oleg, Golovin, Andrii, Laventovich, Oleg, Kreminska, Liubov, Winker, Bruce, Pouch, John, Miranda, Felix. 2008-09-01. Nematic Cells for Digital Light Deflection. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20080048191

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