Phase-modulating bistable optically addressed spatial light modulators using wide-switching-angle ferroelectric liquid crystal layer

Optical Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-7

  Mias, Solon ^a   Manolis, Ilias G ^b   Collings, Neil ^c   Wilkinson, Timothy D ^c   Crossland, William A ^c  

^a INSTITUT D'OPTIQUE GRADUATE SCHOOL   (France)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c Department of Engineering   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bistability; CDRR8; Ferroelectric liquid crystals; Optically addressed spatial light modulators

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; DIFFRACTION; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; HOLOGRAPHY; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; OPTICAL BISTABILITY; PHASE MODULATION; PHOTOSENSITIVITY;

FERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICALLY ADDRESSED SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATORS;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 14544303635     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1828471     Document Type: Article

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