Abstract: A laser system may include a laser array comprising a plurality of laser array emitters and a seed laser. The seed laser may be positioned on and directed toward an emitting side of the laser array or may be optically coupled to the plurality of laser array emitters by a waveguide bordering the laser array. The seed laser may be configured to emit a seed beam that interferes with one or more array beams emitted by one or more of the laser array emitters and locks the one or more array beams to a phase of the seed beam. An adjustable micro-lens array positioned on an emitting side of the laser array may enable laser array beams to be steered to a target location.

Abstract: A panoramic camera system includes a plurality of camera units mounted in a common, e.g., horizontal, plane and arranged in a circumferential array. Each camera unit includes one or more lenses for focusing light from a field of view onto an array of light-sensitive elements. A panoramic image generator combines electronic image data from the multiplicity of the fields of view to generate electronic image data representative of a first 360-degree panoramic view and a second 360-degree panoramic view, wherein the first and second panoramic views are angularly displaced. A stereographic display system is provided to retrieve operator-selectable portions of the first and second panoramic views and to display the user selectable portions in human viewable form. In a further aspect, a video display method is provided.