NONMECHANICAL IMAGE ROTATION WITH AN ACOUSTOOPTIC DOVE PRISM

Authors
PAEK EG CHOE JY OH TK HONG JH CHANG TY
Citation
Eg. Paek et al., NONMECHANICAL IMAGE ROTATION WITH AN ACOUSTOOPTIC DOVE PRISM, Optics letters, 22(15), 1997, pp. 1195-1197
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
22
Issue
15
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1195 - 1197
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1997)22:15<1195:NIRWAA>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
We report what we believe to be the first method for nonmechanical and programmable image rotation. The method uses a pair of crossed acoust o-optic beam deflectors and a polygon mirror to emulate the mechanical dove prism. It is capable of fast (of the order of microseconds) imag e rotation to an arbitrary angle in a programmable manner. An experime ntal result that proves the concept is provided.