Resolution and response-time dependence of ferroelectric liquid-crystal optically addressed spatial light modulators on grating profiles

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 3825-3834

  Perennes T W ^a,b   Wu, Z Y ^a  

^a Centre Nationale de la Recherche 1329   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 4243467892     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.003825     Document Type: Article

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