{"title":"Liquid crystal beam steering devices for LiDAR applications","authors":"Yannanqi Li, Zhenyi Luo, Shin‐Tson Wu","doi":"10.1117/12.2633683","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"A novel beam steering angle expander is demonstrated by cascading two polymeric liquid crystal polarization lenses with different diopters. The lens module functions as a planar telescope, which offers some attractive features such as high precision, lightweight, and low cost. The magnifier offers wide-angle, continuous steering when integrated with an active fine-angle beam steering device. The potential application for LiDAR is emphasized.","PeriodicalId":145218,"journal":{"name":"Organic Photonics + Electronics","volume":"65 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Organic Photonics + Electronics","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2633683","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A novel beam steering angle expander is demonstrated by cascading two polymeric liquid crystal polarization lenses with different diopters. The lens module functions as a planar telescope, which offers some attractive features such as high precision, lightweight, and low cost. The magnifier offers wide-angle, continuous steering when integrated with an active fine-angle beam steering device. The potential application for LiDAR is emphasized.