Control of a free-space adaptive optical interconnect using a liquid-crystal spatial light modulator for beam steering

Optical Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1-8

  Henderson, C J ^a   Robertson, B ^a   Gil Leyva, D ^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; Alignment; Computer generated holograms; Feedback control; Free space optical interconnect; Spatial light modulators

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; ADAPTIVE OPTICS; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER GENERATED HOLOGRAPHY; CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; HARMONIC DISTORTION; HOLOGRAMS; LIGHT MODULATORS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; VIBRATION CONTROL;

BEAM STEERING; BINARY PHASE GRATINGS; LIQUID CRYSTAL ON SILICON (LCOS); LIQUID CRYSTAL SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATOR;

OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS;

EID: 27144517468     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1948108     Document Type: Article

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