Microscanner

<p>A microscanner, or micro scanning mirror, is a <a href="/facts/Microoptoelectromechanical_systems/M1I2gj5g">microoptoelectromechanical system</a> (MOEMS) in the category of <a href="/facts/Micromirror_device/PmJtzlKj">micromirror</a> <a href="/facts/Microactuator/CNFAGxRy">actuators</a> for dynamic light <a href="/facts/Modulation/aAXPjINv">modulation</a>. Depending upon the type of microscanner, the modulatory movement of a single mirror can be either translatory or rotational, on one or two axes. In the first case, a phase shifting effect takes place. In the second case, the incident light wave is deflected.
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<p>Microscanners are different from <a href="/facts/Spatial_light_modulator/PjnfVdzb">spatial light modulators</a> and other micromirror actuators which need a matrix of individually addressable mirrors in order to accomplish the desired modulation at any yield. If a single array mirror accomplishes the desired modulation but is operated in parallel with other array mirrors to increase light yield, then the term microscanner array is used.
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Microscanner