Optimization of liquid crystal displays behavior in optical image processing and in diffractive optics

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 81 CR, Issue , 2001, Pages 335-364

  Campos, J ^a   Marquez A ^a,c   Nicolas J ^a   Moreno, I ^b   Iemmi, C ^d   Escalera, J C ^a   Davis, J A ^e   Yzuel, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^e SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplitude only modulation; Correlation; Diffractive optical elements; Liquid crystal displays; Optical pattern recognition; Phase only modulation; Programmable apodizers; Spatial light modulators

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION; OPTICAL CORRELATION; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTIMIZATION; PHASE MODULATION; QUANTUM OPTICS; REVERSE ENGINEERING; CORRELATION METHODS; DENSITY (OPTICAL); DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENTS; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LIGHT; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; LIQUIDS; MODULATION; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

AMPLITUDE-ONLY MODULATION; OPTICAL IMAGE PROCESSING; OPTICAL PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHASE-ONLY MODULATION; PROGRAMMABLE APODIZERS;

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; LIGHT MODULATORS;

APODIZERS; INTENSITY MEASUREMENTS; OPTICAL IMAGE PROCESSING; OPTICAL PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHASE-ONLY MODULATION; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATORS; TWISTED NEMATIC-LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS;

EID: 1542347949     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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