A review of spatial light modulator (SLM) technologies is presented, including the description and performance parameters of the principal devices and their main applications for optical information processing.

Spatial light modulators (SLMs) are central to numerous applications ranging from high-speed displays to adaptive optics, structured illumination microscopy, and holography.

May 17, 2022 · Spatial light modulators (SLMs) are the most relevant technology for dynamic wavefront manipulation. They find diverse applications ranging from novel displays to optical and quantum...

Key themes include the use of SLMs in optical imaging, holography, adaptive optics, and telecommunications, highlighting their role in enhancing image quality and enabling advanced functionalities. Research on novel materials and designs that improve the performance and efficiency of SLMs is prevalent, showcasing innovations that address ...

A scalable optical computer based on free-space optics was proposed to obtain optical parallelism in an artificial neural network. The combination of lens arrays, a spatial light modulator, and a large-diameter lens can distribute the weighted input light to multiple

In monochromatic imaging systems or laser communication systems wavefront correction is most easily accomplished by adding a liquid crystal spatial light modulator to the imaging system. By applying an equal and opposite phase to the SLM it is possible to …

In our experiment, we use two cascaded spatial light modulators (SLMs) to prepare suitable OAM superpositions to encode two complex vectors and devise deep-learning strategy with simple-aperture diffraction to measure the complex-valued OAM spectrum, thus accomplishing the optical convolution task.

In modern optical processing and display applications, there are increased needs of a real-time device and such a device is called a spatial light modulator (SLM). Typical examples of SLMs are acousto-optics modulators (AOMs), electro-optic modulators (EOMs) and liquid crystal displays.

Aug 23, 1995 · Spatial light modulators (SLMs) form the heart of several current and future optical technologies. These include but are not limited to optical memories, adaptive optics or wavefront correction, active optical elements, femtosecond pulse shaping, neural nets …

Meadowlark Optics award-winning Spatial Light Modulators (SLMs) provide precision retardance control for spatially varying phase or amplitude requirements. Our SLMs consist of liquid crystal (LC) pixels, each independently addressed, acting as separate variable retarders.