Spatial Light Modulators

Spatial Light Modulators that use both translucent and reflective liquid crystal micro-display technology to dynamically modify the amplitude and/or phase of incident light.

These spatial light modulators are extremely powerful new optical devices which individually manipulate each pixel in real-time. Not only is it possible to directly connect PC video/graphics to them in the same way as plug-and-play projectors, but users can also program these dynamic optical elements to behave like gratings, lenses, diffractive optical elements, apertures, masks, information processors & encryptors. These spatial light modulators are truly revolutionary devices whose range of applications is only just starting to be explored.

Advantages:

• A variety of modulation options:
  Phase Only
  Amplitude Only
• Transmissive and Reflective
• Technology for eliminating the Black-matrix effect and phase calibration
• Software base for design of diffractive optical elements (DOE)
• Extensive customization available
• Compact
• Plug-and-play

In addition to standard Spatial Light Modulator products, additional sales & application support services are available:

• These SLM products allow optical engineers to test proposed diffractive optical element (DOE) designs, the applications team DOE simulation services are available to interested OEM customers.
• Customization and modification of spatial light modulators according to customer-specific requirements
• Integrating many of the components that work together with RL-SLM’s, such as polarizers, collimators, filters and mechanical hardware.

Technical Notes:

• Spatial Light Modulator System Summary
• Software

Applications:

• Teaching Experiment System
• Teaching Demonstration System
• Laser Processing Head
• Optical Tweezers
• Color Holography
• Atmospheric Turbulence
• Ghost Imaging
• Scatter Imaging
• Dynamic Simulator
• Structured Light Measurement
• Multibeam Generation and Control