Wide field-of-view, foveated imaging system using a liquid crystal spatial light modulator

Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4715, Issue , 2002, Pages 58-62

  Wick, David V ^a   Martinez, Ty ^b   Baker, Jeffrey T ^c   Payne, Don M ^d   Stone, Bradley R ^e   Restaino, Sergio R ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d SCHAFER CORPORATION   (United States)

^e Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Aberration compensation; Adaptive optics; Imaging systems; Liquid crystal devices; Remote navigation; Spatial light modulators; Video transmission bandwidth

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; ADAPTIVE OPTICS; AUTOMATIC TARGET RECOGNITION; LIGHT MODULATORS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; UNMANNED VEHICLES;

REMOTE NAVIGATIONS;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0036030105     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.474470     Document Type: Article

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