Abstract:
An electro-optic crystal sealed in a cathode-ray tube disposed between the end mirrors of a flat-field focusing laser cavity operates, when scanned by the modulated electron beam to vary the index of refraction of the crystal, to cause it to function as a controllable phase-modulating transducer in an optical system. The phase modulation distributes light into zero and side order beams. The cavity is so designed that it causes the side order light to escape from it, forming an intensity modulated image on a viewing screen in the manner of projection television, while the zero order light is reflected within the cavity to sustain the lasing action.
Abstract:
Generally, the disclosure describes a scanlaser with a fly''s eye lens array for discretized or digitalized beam steering via mode selection. In a scanlaser, a localized change in birefringence changes the Q of the associated laser cavity so that only certain modes can be sustained in the cavity. A scanlaser in accordance with this disclosure incorporates a fly''s eye lens array which selects only one of the latter modes for lasing in the cavity.
Abstract:
A METHOD IS DESCRIBED FOR FORMING SECONDARY HOLOGRAMS FROM EITHER A MULTIPLEXED (I.E. SAMPLED) HOLOGRAM OR FROM AN INTEGRAL PHOTOGRAPH WHEREIN THE SCREEN EFFECT NORMALLY PRODUCED BY EITHER THE MULTIPLEXED HOLOGRAM OR THE INTEGRAL PHOTOGRAPH IS ELIMINATED. AN INTEGRAL PHOTOGRAPH IS A PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORDING OF AN OBJECT THROUGH A PLANE ARRAY OF FLY''S EYES LENSES FROM WHICH THREEDIMENSIONS REAL AND VIRTUAL IMAGES CAN BE LATER OBSERVED. A MULTIPLEXED OR SAMPLED HOLOGRAM IS A HOLOGRAM WHICH IS FORMED BY INTERLACING A PLURALITY OF HOLOGRAMS IN A SINGLE EMULSION USING A MASK PLACED IN THE REFERENCE AND/ OR THE INTEGRAL PHOTOGRAPH IS ELIMINATED. AN INTEGRAL PHOTOGRAPH OR HOLOGRAM OF AN INTEGRAL PHOTOGRAPH, A SCREEN OR GRID EFFECT IS PRODUCED DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE FLY''S EYE LENS ARRAY IS DISCONTINUOUS AND THE AREAS BETWEEN THE LENSES IN THE ARRAY DO NOT RECORD ANY INFORMATION. IN OBSERVING THE IMAGE FROM A MULTIPLEXED HOLOGRAM, A SIMILAR SCREEN OR GRID EFFECT DUE TO THE FACT THAT A MASK WAS EMPLOYED IN PRODUCING A MULTIPLEXED HOLOGRAM. IN THE METHOD OF THE PRESENT INVENTION, A SECONDARY HOLOGRAM IS RECORDED IN THE FOURIER TRANSFORM PLANE OF THE IMAGE AND THE SECONDARY HOLOGRAM PLATE IS TRANSLATED IN THE FOURIER PKANE A NUMBER OF TIMES AND A SEPARATE RECORDING OF THE IMAGE IS SUPERIMPOSED FOR EACH TRANSLATION. SINCE THE SECONDARY HOLOGRAM PLATE IS IN THE FOURIER PLANE OF THE IMAGE, THE IMAGE DOES NOT SHIFT DUE TO THE TRANSLATION OF THE PLATE. HOWEVER, SINCE THE SECONDARY HOLOGRAM PLATE IS NOT IN THE FOURIER PLANE OF THE INTEGRAL PHOTOGRAPH OR THE MULTIPLEXED HOLOGRAM AS THE CAUSE MAY BE, THE GRID WILL BE RECORDED AT DIFFERENT LOCATION ON THE SECONDARY HOLOGRAM FOR EACH TRANSLATION, THAT IS, THE GRID WILL SHIFT DUE TO THE TRANSLATION OF THE HOLOGRAM. THE SHIFTING OF THE GRID FOR THE SUCCESSIVE RECORDINGS WILL CAUSE IT TO SMEAR OUT AND WILL NOT BE VIEWABLE IN THE RESULTANT SECONDARY HOLOGRAM.
Abstract:
A system for deflecting a light beam in two dimensions is described. The system includes a piezoelectric crystal having an acoustic surface wave transducer on its surface for propagating acoustic surface waves on the crystal. Means are provided for applying a nonuniform electric field to the crystal to vary the effective stiffness constant of the crystal in a nonuniform manner. When a beam of laser light is directed onto the crystal it is deflected in one dimension as a function of the frequency of the acoustic wave produced by the transducer and in a second dimension as a function of the nonuniform electric field.
Abstract:
A system for deflecting a light beam such as a laser beam including a crystal substrate, preferably piezoelectric, having a reflective coating on its surface which functions as a mirror. At least one surface acoustic wave transducer is mounted on the crystal and is actuated by a high-frequency signal source. The transducer propagates surface acoustic waves on the crystal, which produce a periodic deformation on the mirror surface which functions as a phase grating. A light beam directed onto the mirror surface will therefore be deflected at an angle dependent on the acoustic frequency of the surface waves. A plurality of transducers arranged approximately in a semicircle on the crystal and selectively actuated provides a two-dimensional scanning system.
Abstract:
A SCANLASER IS A DEVICE FOR EMITTING A BEAM OF COHERENT, LASER RADIATION FROM A DESIRED POINT OR AT A CONTROLLED ANGLE OF DEFLECTION. AN OPTICAL RESONATOR, CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING A LARGE NUMBER OF TRANSVERSE MODES OF OSCILLATION DRIVEN BY AN ASSOCIATED ACTIVE LASER MEDIUM, IS CONTROLLED BY AN ELECTRON BEAM TO ALLOW OSCILLATION ONLY IN CHOSEN MODES, THEREBY CONTROLLING THE ANGLE OF BEAM DEFLECTION OR POSITION OF BEAM EMISSION. A POLARIZER AND A BIREFRINGENT PLATE ARE USED AS A BIASING LIGHT ATTENUATOR TO SPOIL ALL OSCILLATORY MODES, THEREBY PREVENTING OSCILLATION. THE ELECTRON BEAM CHANGES SELECTED CONDUCTIVE, REFLECTING STRIPS WHICH CREATE AN ELECTROSTATIC FIELD IN STRIP-
LIKE REGIONS OF AN ELECTRO-OPTIC CRYSTAL. THE FIELD-INFLUENCED STRIP-LIKE REGIONS OF THE CRYSTAL ARE THUS MADE BIREFRINGENT TO COMPENSATE FOR THE BIREFRINGENCE OF THE PLATE, THEREBY REDUCING ATTENUATION AND ALLOWING OSCILLATION OF ELECTRON-BEAM SELECTED MODES. EXTERNAL RESISTORS TO GROUND PROVIDE CONTROLLED LEAKAGE PATHS TO REDUCE OR CONTROL CHARGE PERSISTENCE IN THE CONDUCTIVE STRIPS.