Key Benefits of TI Analog Mirrors in Beam Steering

• A wide mechanical range of rotation per axis enables user-customized scan patterns and steady-state pointing within a large scan area.
• Optical surfaces up to 9 mm2 offer highly focused spot sizes and flexible optics designs.
• 13-bit integrated position sensors provide high resolution optical feedback control.

TI Analog Pointing Mirrors’ ability to change position on command within a wide mechanical range of rotation makes them suitable for both steady state pointing applications and low speed (< 100 Hz) scanning applications. Steady-state pointing operations provide precise alignment for laser beams and their related optics, and large optical surfaces enable highly focused spot sizes and flexible optics designs. Additionally, an integrated 13-bit position sensor such as the one included in the TALP1000B offers higher resolution feedback control than competitive solutions for critical alignment needs. The TALP1000B’s gold-coated reflective surface makes it ideal for low-cost infrared laser steering applications.

TI Analog Pointing Mirrors are also capable of low speed scanning useful for object detection, laser-based measurement, and imaging applications. Low speed scanning is a cost-effective solution for systems where real-time scanning is not critical. Using TI Analog Pointing Mirrors, users can control light beams with flexible, user-defined scan patterns including spiral, sinusoidal, fly back, and raster scanning. For example, a dual-axis pointing mirror can be coupled with a low cost light detector to locate objects within the laser scanning area such as in the diagram below.