Modified Liquid Crystal Television as a Spatial Light Modulator.

Abstract

The spatial light modulator utilizes a modified liquid crystal television for modulating a laser beam so as to produce a transformed hologram image on a film plate which is identical with the video information being fed into the liquid crystal TV. Once a image film has been produced the film is developed and placed back in the system so that the system will act as a comparator and tracking device. With the reference beam blocked and a new video input fed into the liquid crystal TV the system now will have an output only when the scene on the TV is identical to the scene recorded on the film. Indicator means give a signal output from this comparison that is identical. (Patent Applications)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 10, 1986
Accession Number
ADD012610

Entities

People

  • Bob D. Guenther
  • Don A . Gregory

Organizations

  • United States Army

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Comparators
  • Crystals
  • Holograms
  • Indicators
  • Laser Beams
  • Lasers
  • Liquid Crystals
  • Modulators
  • Optical Equipment
  • Optical Modulators
  • Patent Applications
  • Patents

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electronics Engineering
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Materials Science and Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy