Self-interferometric technique for visualization of phase patterns encoded onto a liquid-crystal display

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 30, 2006, Pages 7791-7794

  Bentley, Joel B ^a   Davis, Jeffrey A ^a   Albero, Jorge ^b   Moreno, Ignacio ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHASE MODULATION;

GAUSSIAN BEAMS; INCIDENT ENERGY; PHASE VORTICES; REFERENCE BEAMS;

INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 33750484416     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.007791     Document Type: Article

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