We present an optically addressed non-pixelated spatial light modulator. The system is based on reversible photoalignment of a LC cell using a red light sensitive novel azobenzene photoalignment layer. It is an electrode-free device that manipulates the liquid crystal orientation and consequently the polarization via light without artifacts caused by electrodes. The capability to miniaturize the spatial light modulator allows the integration into a microscope objective. This includes a miniaturized 200 channel optical addressing system based on a VCSEL array and hybrid refractive-diffractive beam shapers. As an application example, the utilization as a microscope objective integrated analog phase contrast modulator is shown.
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OSA | Optically addressed modulator for tunable spatial polarization control
%0 Journal Article
%1 Schaal:18
%A Schaal, Frederik
%A Rutloh, Michael
%A Weidenfeld, Susanne
%A Stumpe, Joachim
%A Michler, Peter
%A Pruss, Christof
%A Osten, Wolfgang
%D 2018
%I OSA
%J Opt. Express
%K control polarization spatial
%N 21
%P 28119--28130
%R 10.1364/OE.26.028119
%T Optically addressed modulator for tunable spatial polarization control
%U http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-26-21-28119
%V 26
%X We present an optically addressed non-pixelated spatial light modulator. The system is based on reversible photoalignment of a LC cell using a red light sensitive novel azobenzene photoalignment layer. It is an electrode-free device that manipulates the liquid crystal orientation and consequently the polarization via light without artifacts caused by electrodes. The capability to miniaturize the spatial light modulator allows the integration into a microscope objective. This includes a miniaturized 200 channel optical addressing system based on a VCSEL array and hybrid refractive-diffractive beam shapers. As an application example, the utilization as a microscope objective integrated analog phase contrast modulator is shown.
@article{Schaal:18,
abstract = {We present an optically addressed non-pixelated spatial light modulator. The system is based on reversible photoalignment of a LC cell using a red light sensitive novel azobenzene photoalignment layer. It is an electrode-free device that manipulates the liquid crystal orientation and consequently the polarization via light without artifacts caused by electrodes. The capability to miniaturize the spatial light modulator allows the integration into a microscope objective. This includes a miniaturized 200 channel optical addressing system based on a VCSEL array and hybrid refractive-diffractive beam shapers. As an application example, the utilization as a microscope objective integrated analog phase contrast modulator is shown.},
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author = {Schaal, Frederik and Rutloh, Michael and Weidenfeld, Susanne and Stumpe, Joachim and Michler, Peter and Pruss, Christof and Osten, Wolfgang},
biburl = {https://puma.ub.uni-stuttgart.de/bibtex/2925c823465b338c9b36945be5782e7e2/chrisvwr},
description = {OSA | Optically addressed modulator for tunable spatial polarization control},
doi = {10.1364/OE.26.028119},
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journal = {Opt. Express},
keywords = {control polarization spatial},
month = oct,
number = 21,
pages = {28119--28130},
publisher = {OSA},
timestamp = {2019-02-25T12:41:51.000+0100},
title = {Optically addressed modulator for tunable spatial polarization control},
url = {http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-26-21-28119},
volume = 26,
year = 2018
}
