Modulators – Amplitude modulator – Nonlinear device controlled by modulating signal
Patent
1985-10-09
1987-10-06
Tarcza, Thomas H.
Modulators
Amplitude modulator
Nonlinear device controlled by modulating signal
350356, 350360, G02F 1015
Patent
active
046986022
ABSTRACT:
A micromirror spatial light modulator having an associated silicon photodiode for photoaddressing a micromirror array, and a readout system for providing intensity-to-position encoding and for providing a color image from coded monochromatic input light.
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Donahue Richard J.
Hellner Mark
Singer Donald J.
Tarcza Thomas H.
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of
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