Two-dimensional polarization encoding with a phase-only liquid-crystal spatial light modulator

Applied Optics

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1549-1554

  Davis, Jeffrey A ^a   McNamara, Dylan E ^a   Cottrell, Don M ^a   Sonehara, Tomio ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE CODING; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

SPATIAL PATTERNS;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 0001460978     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.39.001549     Document Type: Article

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