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LCD Spatial Light Modulator
Spatial Light Modulators that use both translucent and reflective liquid crystal micro-display technology to dynamically modify the amplitude and/or phase of incident light. A spatial light modulator (SLM) is a device that can control the intensity, phase, or polarization of light in. Thorlabs' Exulus® Spatial Light Modulators (SLMs) employ Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCoS) technology to produce high-resolution, high-speed reflective phase modulation with individually addressable pixels. This phase control is highly stable with minimal fluctuations and minimal crosstalk with. The spatial light modulators developed at Fraunhofer IPMS consist of arrays of micromirrors on semiconductor chips, with the number of mirrors varying from a few hundred to several million depending on the application. Current SLM–based systems use either optical MEMS (microelectromechanical system, ) or LCD technology.
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