Beam steering laser arrays and applications in 2D laser scanning

Author

Francis, D.A. ; Chang-Hasnain, C.J. ; Kiang, M.-H. ; Lau, K.Y. ; Muller, R.S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA

fYear

1997

fDate

11-13 Aug. 1997

Firstpage

7

Lastpage

8

Abstract

In this talk, we review the recent development of a novel individually addressable beam steering diode laser array; the fan laser array. We show that the fan laser array outperforms parallel laser arrays because it simultaneously reduces the effective aperture of the laser array and the crosstalk between array elements.

Keywords

laser beams; optical crosstalk; optical scanners; semiconductor laser arrays; 2D laser scanning; array element optical crosstalk reduction; beam steering laser arrays; effective aperture; fan laser array; individually addressable beam steering diode laser array; parallel laser arrays; review; Apertures; Beam steering; Costs; High speed optical techniques; Laser applications; Laser theory; Optical arrays; Optical crosstalk; Semiconductor laser arrays; Semiconductor lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vertical-Cavity Lasers, Technologies for a Global Information Infrastructure, WDM Components Technology, Advanced Semiconductor Lasers and Applications, Gallium Nitride Materials, Processing, and Devi

Conference_Location

Montreal, Que., Canada

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3891-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOSST.1997.619195

Filename

619195