Multipoint phase calibration for improved compensation of inherent wavefront distortion in parallel aligned liquid crystal on silicon displays

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 5667-5679

  Otón, Joaquín ^a   Ambs, Pierre ^b   Millán, María S ^a   Pérez Cabré, Elisabet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE HAUTE ALSACE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY PHASE SHIFT KEYING; LIGHT MODULATION; PHASE VELOCITY; TABLE LOOKUP; WAVEFRONTS;

BACKPLANE CURVATURE; LIQUID CRYSTAL ON SILICON DISPLAYS; PHASE CALIBRATION; WAVEFRONT DISTORTION;

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS;

EID: 35948986338     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.005667     Document Type: Article

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