Performance of a high-resolution wavefront control system using a liquid crystal spatial light modulator

Charles A. Thompson; Michael W. Kartz; Scot S. Olivier; James M. Brase; Carmen J. Carrano; David Lande; Brian J. Bauman; Robert M. Sawvel; Dennis A. Silva

doi:10.1117/12.407499

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22 November 2000 Performance of a high-resolution wavefront control system using a liquid crystal spatial light modulator

Charles A. Thompson, Michael W. Kartz, Scot S. Olivier, James M. Brase, Carmen J. Carrano, David Lande, Brian J. Bauman, Robert M. Sawvel, Dennis A. Silva

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Proceedings Volume 4124, High-Resolution Wavefront Control: Methods, Devices, and Applications II; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.407499
Event: International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, 2000, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

We have developed a high-resolution wavefront control system based on an optically addressed nematic liquid crystal spatial light modulator with several hundred thousand phase control points, a Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor with two thousand subapertures, and an efficient reconstruction algorithm using Fourier transform techniques. We present quantitative results of experiments to characterize the performance of this system.

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Charles A. Thompson, Michael W. Kartz, Scot S. Olivier, James M. Brase, Carmen J. Carrano, David Lande, Brian J. Bauman, Robert M. Sawvel, and Dennis A. Silva "Performance of a high-resolution wavefront control system using a liquid crystal spatial light modulator", Proc. SPIE 4124, High-Resolution Wavefront Control: Methods, Devices, and Applications II, (22 November 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.407499

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