Diffractive optical elements designed for highly precise far-field generation in the presence of artifacts typical for pixelated spatial light modulators

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 95-105

  Milewski, Gabriel ^a,b   Engström, David ^a   Bengtsson, Jörgen ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Epsilon HighTech AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; LIGHT MODULATORS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICAL DEVICES; SILICON;

FAR-FIELD GENERATION; MULTIPLE-BEAM SPLITTER; SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATORS (SLMS); STEERING PARAMETER;

DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 33846869469     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.000095     Document Type: Article

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