A low-cost spatial light modulator for use in undergraduate and graduate optics labs

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 211-215

  Huang, Derek ^a   Timmers, Henry ^a   Roberts, Adam ^a   Shivaram, Niranjan ^a   Sandhu, Arvinder S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 84857476276     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.3666834     Document Type: Article

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