Free space optical interconnect using an FLC SLM for active beam steering and wave front correction

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5453, Issue , 2004, Pages 62-72

  Leyva, D Gil ^a   Robertson, B ^a   Henderson, C J ^a   Wilkinson, T D ^a   O'Brien, D C ^b   Faulkner, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Computer generated holograms; Optical interconnect; Spatial light modulators

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; ADAPTIVE OPTICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT MODULATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; WAVEFRONTS;

COMPUTER GENERATED HOLOGRAMS; ELECTRONIC BACKPLANES; STATIC ABERRATIONS; VCSEL;

OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS;

EID: 12344315080     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.545893     Document Type: Conference Paper

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