A hybrid solution for spatial light modulators with a large space-bandwidth product: opinion

Abstract

Increasing the space-bandwidth product of spatial light modulators incurs severe issues in terms of power consumption, mutual crosstalk, and control signal wiring. In this opinion article, we propose a novel system to overcome these challenges by marrying energy-efficient modulators in photonic integrated circuits (PICs) and a meta-optical beam aggregator. This hybrid approach can significantly improve the space-bandwidth product, theoretically up to 1013 Hz · pixel, which is several orders of magnitude higher than the state-of-the-art.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Jul 31, 2023
Source ID
10.1364/ome.500078

Entities

People

  • Abhi Saxena
  • Anna Wirth
  • Arka Majumdar
  • Johannes E Fröch
  • Matthew S. Reynolds
  • Rui Chen
  • Virat Tara

Organizations

  • Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
  • National Science Foundation
  • Office of Naval Research
  • University of Washington

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.

Technology Areas

  • Space