Partial coherent imaging using the Grating Light Valve™

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4773, Issue , 2002, Pages 92-101

  Siew, Ronian H ^a  

^a Agfa Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Grating Light Valve; High power; Imaging; Lasers; Partial coherence; Prepress; Spatial coherence

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FOURIER OPTICS; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHTING;

PARTIAL COHERENT IMAGING;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0036425085     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.469189     Document Type: Conference Paper

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