scholarly journals Investigation of optical testing with a phase-only liquid crystal spatial light modulator

2005 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 1059 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhaoliang Cao ◽  
Li Xuan ◽  
Lifa Hu ◽  
Yongjun Liu ◽  
Quanquan Mu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Spatial Light Modulator ◽  
Optical Testing ◽  
Light Modulator

128 x 128 analog liquid crystal spatial light modulator

1995 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven A. Serati ◽  
Gary D. Sharp ◽  
Roylnn A. Serati ◽  
Douglas J. McKnight ◽  
Jay E. Stockley
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Spatial Light Modulator ◽  
Light Modulator

Hyperresolving phase-only filters with an optically addressable liquid crystal spatial light modulator

Micron ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 34 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 327-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. McOrist ◽  
M.D. Sharma ◽  
C.J.R. Sheppard ◽  
E. West ◽  
K. Matsuda
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Spatial Light Modulator ◽  
Light Modulator

Challenges in DMD™ Assembly and Test

2000 ◽  
Vol 657 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Joshua Jacobs ◽  
Joshua J. Malone ◽  
Seth A. Miller ◽  
Armando Gonzalez ◽  
Roger Robbins ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Light Modulator ◽  
Test Equipment ◽  
Digital Television ◽  
Digital Micromirror Device ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Optical Testing ◽  
Light Modulator ◽  
Current Generation

ABSTRACTThe Digital Micromirror Device™ (DMD™) developed at Texas Instruments is a spatial light modulator composed of 500,000 to 1.3 million movable micromachined aluminum mirrors. The DMD™ serves as the engine for the current generation of computer-driven slide and video projectors, and for next generation devices in digital television and movie projectors. The unique architecture and applications of the device present several packaging and test challenges. This paper provides a description of package humidity modeling and verification testing, as well as an overview of the automated optical testing and test equipment that have been developed to support manufacturing of the DMD™.

scholarly journals Phase Compensation of the Non-Uniformity of the Liquid Crystal on Silicon Spatial Light Modulator at Pixel Level

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 967
Author(s):  
Zhen Zeng ◽  
Zexiao Li ◽  
Fengzhou Fang ◽  
Xiaodong Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Phase Modulation ◽  
Spatial Light Modulator ◽  
Characteristic Curve ◽  
Physical Structure ◽  
Measuring System ◽  
Light Modulator ◽  
Phase Compensation ◽  
Modulation Characteristic ◽  
Liquid Crystal On Silicon

Phase compensation is a critical step for the optical measuring system using spatial light modulator (SLM). The wavefront distortion from SLM is mainly caused by the phase modulation non-linearity and non-uniformity of SLM’s physical structure and environmental conditions. A phase modulation characteristic calibration and compensation method for liquid crystal on silicon spatial light modulator (LCoS-SLM) with a Twyman-Green interferometer is illustrated in this study. A method using two sequences of phase maps is proposed to calibrate the non-uniformity character over the whole aperture of LCoS-SLM at pixel level. A phase compensation matrix is calculated to correct the actual phase modulation of the LCoS-SLM and ensure that the designed wavefront could be achieved. Compared with previously known compensation methods, the proposed method could obtain the phase modulation characteristic curve of each pixel on the LCoS-SLM, rather than a mono look-up table (LUT) curve or multi-LUT curves corresponding to an array of blocks over the whole aperture of the LCoS-SLM. The experiment results show that the phase compensation precision could reach a peak-valley value of 0.061λ in wavefront and this method can be applied in generating freeform wave front for precise optical performance.

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