Foveated, wide field-of-view imaging system using a liquid crystal spatial light modulator

Optics Express

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 555-560

  Martinez, T ^a   Wick, D V ^a   Restaino, S R ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DIFFRACTION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; LIGHT MODULATION; OPTIMIZATION; WAVEFRONTS;

FIELD-OF-VIEW (FOV); LIGHT GATHERING; OPTICAL PATH DIFFERENCE (OPD);

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0005080142     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.8.000555     Document Type: Article

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