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This book provides mathematical analyses of scanning devices in optical and laser systems to yield results with higher accuracy than those obtained by geometrical imaging an object with a movable mirror or prism. Topics include the laws of reflection and refraction and the mathematical preliminaries of analytical raytracing; mirror-scanning devices with one axis of rotation (conic-section scanning) and with two axes of rotation (gimbaled mirror and galvanometric scanners in cascade for 2D scanning); and Risley-prism-based beam-steering systems. Readers should have a foundation in vector operation and calculus, and a reasonable knowledge of elementary optics and lasers.

Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • One-Mirror and One-Axis Scanning Devices
  • Scan Field of Rotating Reflective Polygons
  • Differential Geometry of the Ruled Surfaces Optically Produced by Mirror Scanning Devices
  • Two-Mirror and Two-Axis Scanning Systems of Different Configurations
  • Gimbaled Mirror for Two-Dimensional Beam-Steering
  • Exact and Approximate Solutions for Risley-Prism-Based Beam-Steering Systems in Different Configurations
  • Forward and Inverse Solutions for Two-Element Risley-Prism-Based Beam-Steering Systems in Different Configurations
  • Inverse Solutions for Three-Element Risley-Prism-Based Beam-Steering Systems in Different Configurations
  • Error Sources and Their Influence on the Performance of Risley-Prism-Based Beam Steering Systems

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      Publisher: SPIE Press
      Publication Date: 30/05/2022
      ISBN13: 9781510643680, 978-1510643680
      ISBN10: 1510643680
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book provides mathematical analyses of scanning devices in optical and laser systems to yield results with higher accuracy than those obtained by geometrical imaging an object with a movable mirror or prism. Topics include the laws of reflection and refraction and the mathematical preliminaries of analytical raytracing; mirror-scanning devices with one axis of rotation (conic-section scanning) and with two axes of rotation (gimbaled mirror and galvanometric scanners in cascade for 2D scanning); and Risley-prism-based beam-steering systems. Readers should have a foundation in vector operation and calculus, and a reasonable knowledge of elementary optics and lasers.

      Table of Contents
      • Introduction
      • One-Mirror and One-Axis Scanning Devices
      • Scan Field of Rotating Reflective Polygons
      • Differential Geometry of the Ruled Surfaces Optically Produced by Mirror Scanning Devices
      • Two-Mirror and Two-Axis Scanning Systems of Different Configurations
      • Gimbaled Mirror for Two-Dimensional Beam-Steering
      • Exact and Approximate Solutions for Risley-Prism-Based Beam-Steering Systems in Different Configurations
      • Forward and Inverse Solutions for Two-Element Risley-Prism-Based Beam-Steering Systems in Different Configurations
      • Inverse Solutions for Three-Element Risley-Prism-Based Beam-Steering Systems in Different Configurations
      • Error Sources and Their Influence on the Performance of Risley-Prism-Based Beam Steering Systems

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