Speckle suppression in projection displays by using a motionless changing diffuser

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2593-2601

  Kartashov, Vladimir ^a   Akram, Muhammad Nadeem ^b  

^a PoLight AS   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT MODULATORS; LIGHT SOURCES; OPTICAL PROJECTORS; SPECKLE;

DYNAMIC DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENTS; HOMOGENIZERS; LASER LIGHT SOURCES; LIGHT FIELDS; LIGHT POWER; POLYMER LAYERS; PROJECTION DISPLAYS; RANDOM-PHASE; SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATORS; SPECKLE PATTERNS; SPECKLE SUPPRESSION; THEORETICAL EXPRESSION;

PROJECTION SCREENS;

EID: 78649918332     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.27.002593     Document Type: Article

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