Deformed-helix ferroelectric liquid-crystal spatial light modulator that demonstrates high diffraction efficiency and 370-line pairsymm resolution

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 3798-3803

  Wick, David V ^a   Martinez, Ty ^a   Wood, Michael V ^a   Wilkes, James M ^a   Gruneisen, Mark T ^a   Berenberg, Vladimir A ^b   Vasil’ev, Michael V ^b   Onokhov, Arkady P ^b   Beresnev, Leonid A ^c  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR LASER PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTRODES; FERROELECTRIC DEVICES; HOLOGRAPHY; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHOTOCONDUCTING DEVICES;

OPTICALLY-ADDRESSED SPATIAL MODULATORS (OASLM);

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 0032620528     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.003798     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. N. L. Ivanova, A. P. Onokhov, A. N. Chaika, V. V. Resnichenko, D. N. Yeskov, A. L. Gromadin, N. A. Feoktistov, and L. A. Beresnev, “Liquid crystal spatial light modulators for adaptive optics and image processing,” in Advances in Optical Information Processing VII, D. R. Pape, ed., Proc. SPIE 2754, 180-185 (1996).
2. M. T. Gruneisen, K. W. Peters, and J. M. Wilkes, “Compensated imaging by real-time holography with optically addressed liquid-crystal spatial light modulators,” in Liquid Crystals, I. Khoo, ed., Proc. SPIE3143, 171-181 (1997).
3. M. V. Vasil’ev, V. A. Berenberg, A. A. Leshchev, P. M. Semenov, and V. Yu. Venediktov, “Large numerical aperture imaging bypass system with dynamic holographic correction for primary mirror distortions,” in Adaptive Optical System Technologies, D. Bonaccini and R. K. Tyson, eds., Proc. SPIE 3353, 889-895 (1998).
4. An in-depth description of the LC molecular behavior can be found in Spatial Light Modulator Technology: Materials, Devices, and Applications, U. Efron, ed. (Marcel Dekker, New York, 1995).
5. J. W. Goodman, D. W. Jackson, M. Lehmann, and J. Knotts, “Experiments in long-distance holographic imagery,” Appl. Opt. 8, 1581-1586 (1969).
6. S. Fukushima and T. Kurokawa, “Real-time hologram construction and reconstruction using a high-resolution spatial light modulator,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 58, 787-789 (1991).
7. B. Landreth, C. C. Mao, and G. Moddel, “Operating characteristics of optically addressed spatial light modulators incorporating distorted helix ferroelectric liquid crystals,” Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 30, 1400-1404 (1991).
8. G. B. Cohen, R. Pogreb, K. Vinokur, and D. Davidov, “Spatial light modulator based on a deformed-helix ferroelectric liquid crystal and a thin a-Si:H amorphous photoconductor,” Appl. Opt. 36, 455-459 (1997).
9. A. P. Onokhov, V. A. Berenberg, A. N. Chaika, N. L. Ivanova, M. V. Isaev, N. A. Feoktistov, L. A. Beresnev, and W. Haase, “Novel liquid-crystal spatial light modulators for adaptive optics and image processing,” in Advances in Optical Information Processing VIII, D. R. Pape, ed., Proc. SPIE 3388, 139-148 (1998).
10. C. C. Mao, K. M. Johnson, and G. Moddel, “Optical phase conjugation using optically addressed chiral smectic liquid crystal spatial light modulators,” Ferroelectrics 114, 45-53 (1991).
11. L. A. Beresnev, L. M. Blinov, and D. I. Dergachev, “Electro-optical response of a thin layer of a ferroelectric liquid crystal with a small pitch and high spontaneous polarization,” Ferroelectrics 85, 173-186 (1988).
12. K. Akiyama, A. Takimoto, and H. Ogawa, “Photoaddressed spatial light modulator using transmissive and highly photosensitive amorphous-silicon carbide film,” Appl. Opt. 32, 6493-6500 (1993).
13. Y. Hamakawa, ed., Amorphous Semiconductor Technologies and Deviceso, 1981.
14. L. A. B Ohmsha, Ltd., Toky eresnev, W. Dultz, A. Onokhov, and W. Haase, “Local optical limiting devices based on photoaddressed spatial light modulators, using ferroelectric liquid crystals,” Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 304, 285-293 (1997).
15. I. Abdulhalim and G. Moddel, “Electrically and optically controlled light modulation and color switching using helix distortion of ferroelectric liquid crystals,” Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 200, 79-101 (1991).