Programmable diffractive optics for wide-dynamic-range wavefront control using liquid-crystal spatial light modulators

Optical Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1387-1393

  Gruneisen, Mark T ^a   DeSandre, Lewis F ^a   Rotge, James R ^b   Dymale, Raymond C ^b   Lubin, Donald L ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER GENERATED HOLOGRAPHY; LIGHT MODULATORS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PHASE MODULATION; WAVEFRONTS;

NONMECHANICAL BEAM STEERING; PROGRAMMABLE DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS; WIDE DYNAMIC RANGE WAVEFRONT CONTROL;

DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 3342889712     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1689976     Document Type: Article

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