An optical micro-magnetic device: magnetic-spatial light modulator

  • Inoue, Mitsuteru (Department of Electrical & Electronic Eng., Toyohashi University of Technology / Department of Electrical Eng., Stanford University / Japan Science & Technology Corporation) ;
  • Cho, J.K. (Department of Electronics Materials Eng., Gyeongsang National University) ;
  • Park, J.H. (Department of Electrical & Electronic Eng., Toyohashi University of Technology) ;
  • Uchida, H. (Department of Electrical & Electronic Eng., Toyohashi University of Technology) ;
  • Nishimura, K. (Department of Electrical & Electronic Eng., Toyohashi University of Technology)
  • Published : 2002.12.01

Abstract

A Spatial light modulator (SLM) is a real-time programmable device having the modulation function of the amplitude, phase or polarization of an optical wavefront as a function of position via electrical or optical control signals. Various types of reusable SLMs with two-dimensional pixel arrays are centrally important devices in volumetric recording, data processing, pattern recognition, optical computer and other optical system. (omitted)

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