Optical: systems and elements – Optical modulator – Light wave temporal modulation
Patent
1992-02-13
1994-02-08
Arnold, Bruce Y.
Optical: systems and elements
Optical modulator
Light wave temporal modulation
359276, 359263, 359261, 359245, 359 11, 365216, G02F 101, G02F 103, G03H 112
Patent
active
052853080
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to a novel spatial light modulator comprising a plurality of individual pixels that each contain separate detectors, electronic circuitry, and optical modulators. A primary application of such a spatial light modulator is to provide the requisite nonlinear relationship between a plurality of optical beams fanned in to each detector on the one hand, and a plurality of optical beams fanned out from such modulator on the other, on a pixel-by-pixel basis. In one embodiment, the spatial light modulator is configured to differentially amplify the inputs to two separate detectors within each pixel, and to transform i
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Jenkins B. Keith
Tanguay, Jr. Armand R.
Arnold Bruce Y.
Lester Evelyn A.
University of Southern California
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