Phase-only liquid-crystal spatial light modulator for wave-front correction with high precision

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 26, 2004, Pages 6403-6409

  Hu, Lifa ^a   Xuan, Li ^a   Liu, Yongjun ^a   Cao, Zhaoliang ^a   Li, Dayu ^a   Mu, QuanQuan ^a  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF OPTICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; BIREFRINGENCE; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; LENSES; LIGHT MODULATION; PHASE MEASUREMENT; PHASE MODULATION; WAVEFRONTS;

LIQUID-CRYSTAL DEVICES; SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATOR (SLM); TWISTED NEMATIC (TN); WAVE-FRONT CORRECTION;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 11244313067     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.006403     Document Type: Article

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