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Spatial light modulator
About: Spatial light modulator is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 9043 publications have been published within this topic receiving 130143 citations.
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TL;DR: This paper proposes a robust method to suppress the noise components in digital holography (DH), called SPADEDH (SPArsity DEnoising of Digital Holograms), that does not consider any prior knowledge or estimation about the statistics of the noise.
Abstract: In this paper we propose a robust method to suppress the noise components in digital holography (DH), called SPADEDH (SPArsity DEnoising of Digital Holograms), that does not consider any prior knowledge or estimation about the statistics of the noise. In the full digital holographic process we must mainly deal with two kinds of noise. The first one is an additive uncorrelated noise that corrupts the observed irradiance, the other one is the multiplicative phase noise called speckle noise. We consider both lensless and microscope configurations and we prove that the proposed algorithm works efficiently in all considered cases suppressing the aforementioned noise components. In addition, for digital holograms recorded in lensless configuration, we show the improvement in a display test by using a Spatial Light Modulator (SLM).
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TL;DR: It is demonstrated trapping single neutral Rb atoms in micro traps of an optical ring lattice formed by superposing the +/-l components of the Laguerre-Gaussian mode, and generated by reflecting a single laser beam from a computer controlled spatial light modulator.
Abstract: We demonstrated trapping single neutral Rb atoms in micro traps of an optical ring lattice formed by superposing the +/- l components of the Laguerre-Gaussian mode, and generated by reflecting a single laser beam from a computer controlled spatial light modulator. A single atom in one trap or two atoms with one each in two traps were identified by observing the fluorescence. The trap array loaded with single atoms was rotated by dynamically displaying the hologram animation movie on the modulator. The modulation period in the fluorescence indicates the rotation of one or two single atoms in the lattice. (C) 2009 Optical Society of America
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TL;DR: By reprogramming the diffractive structure displayed at the SLM it is possible to record the whole set of phase shifted DIC images simultaneously in different areas of the same camera chip, which allows for quantitative snap-shot imaging of a sample, which has applications for the investigation of dynamic processes.
Abstract: We describe the implementation of quantitative Differential Interference Contrast (DIC) Microscopy using a spatial light modulator (SLM) as a flexible Fourier filter in the optical path. The experimental arrangement allows for the all-electronic acquisition of multiple phase shifted DIC-images at video rates which are analyzed to yield the optical path length variation of the sample. The resolution of the technique is analyzed by retrieving the phase profiles of polystyrene spheres in immersion oil, and the method is then applied for quantitative imaging of biological samples. By reprogramming the diffractive structure displayed at the SLM it is possible to record the whole set of phase shifted DIC images simultaneously in different areas of the same camera chip. This allows for quantitative snap-shot imaging of a sample, which has applications for the investigation of dynamic processes.
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Patent•
18 Jun 1996
TL;DR: In this article, an apparatus and method for detecting particles on a surface of a semiconductor wafer having repetitive patterns includes a laser for illuminating an area on the front surface at grazing angle of incidence with a beam of polarized light.
Abstract: An apparatus and method for detecting particles on a surface of a semiconductor wafer having repetitive patterns includes a laser for illuminating an area on the front surface at grazing angle of incidence with a beam of polarized light. A lens collects light scattered from the area and forms a Fourier diffraction pattern of the area illuminated. A Fourier mask blocks out light collected by the lens at locations in the Fourier diffraction pattern where the intensity is above a predetermined level indicative of background information and leaves in light at locations where the intensity is below the threshold level indicative of possible particle information. The Fourier mask includes an optically addressable spatial light modulator and a polarization discriminator. A camera detects scattered light collected from the area by the lens and not blocked out by the Fourier mask.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a free space optical communication system with 3 degree angular coverage and 1.25 GHz modulation bandwidth is reported, in which relatively narrow laser beam of a simultaneous high power, high modulation speed and ultra high modulation efficiency directly modulated two-electrode tapered laser diode is steered using a nematic phase-only Liquid-Crystal On Silicon Spatial Light Modulator (LCOS SLM) by displaying reconfigurable 256 phase level gratings.
Abstract: A free space optical wireless communication system with 3 degree angular coverage and 1.25 GHz modulation bandwidth is reported, in which relatively narrow laser beam of a simultaneous high power, high modulation speed and ultra high modulation efficiency directly modulated two-electrode tapered laser diode is steered using a nematic phase-only Liquid-Crystal On Silicon Spatial Light Modulator (LCOS SLM) by displaying reconfigurable 256 phase level gratings.
51 citations