Description
Book SynopsisThis 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
