Control And Guidance Using An Acousto-Optic System

M. Higgins; G. Titmuss; R. Martyn

doi:10.1117/12.944531

27 November 1984 Control And Guidance Using An Acousto-Optic System

M. Higgins, G. Titmuss, R. Martyn

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Proceedings Volume 0498, Laser Scanning and Recording; (1984) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.944531
Event: 28th Annual Technical Symposium, 1984, San Diego, United States

Abstract

The guidance of remote bodies is increasing in importance. The use of wire, or similar, links has obvious drawbacks and radio frequency systems are prone to interference. The laser generates a low divergence beam, which may have a high power density, that may be transmitted into a pattern that can provide information to the guided body. Several systems exist which achieve this but most require a second synchronisation source. The scanned pattern described is self synchronising but is such that it can not easily be generated using a mechanical system. The scanner is a solid state acousto-optic system.

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M. Higgins, G. Titmuss, and R. Martyn "Control And Guidance Using An Acousto-Optic System", Proc. SPIE 0498, Laser Scanning and Recording, (27 November 1984); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.944531

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