Estimation and Compensation of aberrations in Spatial Light Modulators

Author(s): Augusto Arias and Roman Castaneda

Abstract:

“The spatial light modulator (SLM) Holoeye LC-R720 is based on LCoS (Liquid Crystal on Silicon) technology. Due to the induced curvatures on the silicon plate by the production process, there are static aberrations in the wave-fronts modified by the SLM. In order to calculate the aberrated wave-front we used phase-shifting interferometry, an optimization algorithm for far field propagation, and the geometric characterization of the focal spot along the caustic. Zernike polynomials were used for expanding and comparing the wave-fronts. The aberration compensation was carried out by displaying the conjugated transmittance on the SLM. The complexity of the experimental setup and the requirements of the digital processing of each estimation method were comparatively analyzed.”

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Publication: Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Issue/Year: J. Phys.: Conf. Ser., Volume 274, 012060, (2011)
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/274/1/012060

Aberration compensation using a spatial light modulator LCD

Author(s): R. Amézquita, O. Rincón and Y. M. Torres

Abstract:

“The dynamic correction of aberrations introduced in optical systems have been a widely discussed topic in the past 10 years. Adaptive optics is the most important developed field where the Shack-Hartmann sensors and deformable mirrors are used for the measurement and correction of wavefronts. In this paper, an interferometric set-up which uses a Spatial Light Modulator (SLM) as an active element is proposed. Using this SLM a procedure for the compensation of all phase aberrations present in the experimental setup is shown.”

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Publication: Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Issue/Year: J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 274 012111 (2011)
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/274/1/012111

Optical implementation of multifocal programmable lens with single and multiple axes

Author(s): Lenny A Romero, María S Millán and Elisabet Pérez-Cabré

Abstract:

“In this work we analyse the generation of a diffractive optical element (DOE) consisting of a multifocal Fresnel lens by means of an LCoS (liquid cristal on silicon) spatial light modulator (SLM). The multifocal lens is composed of a set of lenses of different focal length that share a common optical axis (coaxial combination) or have different axes in parallel (multi-axis combination). For both configurations, we present several ways to combine the phase distributions for three lenses with different focal lengths (f1, f2, f3), into a single-phase distribution addressed to the SLM. Numerical simulations were carried out along with the experimental analysis to corroborate the results.”

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Publication: Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Issue/Year: J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 274 012050 (2011)
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/274/1/012050