Operating characteristics of pixelated gray-scale optically addressed spatial light modulators incorporating the twisted smectic-C * liquid crystal effect

Optical Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2387-2394

  Yim, Louis W K ^a,b,c   Davey, Anthony B ^a,d   Travis, Adrian R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gray scale; Intrinsic hydrogenated amorphous silicon; Optically addressed spatial light modulator; Pixelated aluminum mirrors; Twisted smectic C* liquid crystal effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010713017     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.601733     Document Type: Article

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