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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2009
Neil Collings, Linton, GB;
William Crossland, Harlow, GB;
Maura Michelle Redmond, Cambridge, GB;
John Richard Moore, Cambridge, GB;
David Nugent, Cambridge, GB;
Brian Robertson, Cambridge, GB;
Neil Collings, Linton, GB;
William Crossland, Harlow, GB;
Maura Michelle Redmond, Cambridge, GB;
John Richard Moore, Cambridge, GB;
David Nugent, Cambridge, GB;
Brian Robertson, Cambridge, GB;
Cambridge Enterprise Limited, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Abstract
The invention relates to optical beam steering. There is described an optical beam steering apparatus, comprising: a splitter arranged to split an optical beam into at least a first part having a first polarization and a second part having a second polarization, said first and second polarizations being substantially mutually orthogonal; a first liquid crystal device region arranged to receive said first part and to have director orientation substantially aligned to said first polarization; and a second liquid crystal device region arranged to receive said second part and to have director orientation substantially aligned to said second polarization.