Grayscale-Memory Spatial Light Modulator with Polymer-Dispersed Phase-Transition Liquid Crystal

A new storage-type spatial light modulator has been developed which uses a polymer-dispersed phase-transition liquid crystal film and a photoconductor for high-brightness projection displays. The liquid crystal film containing micrometer-sized chiral nematic liquid crystal domains subdivided by a unique honeycomb polymer network functions as a memory layer for an input image. The liquid crystal domains independently maintain the binary alignment states in the opaque (light-scattering) cholesteric phase or transparent nematic phase. Grayscale images can be displayed according to the spatial distribution of the bistable liquid crystal domains. The device exhibits rapid response of a few ms and a limiting resolution of 32 lp/mm. It has the advantages of high transmittance without polarizers and ease of fabrication due to the free-standing liquid crystal film.     

基于液晶空间光调制器的太赫兹波频谱调制

频谱可调制的太赫兹波具有广泛的应用价值。利用一台纯相位式的液晶空间光调制器对飞秒激光脉冲进行空间整形,通过改变飞秒激光脉冲的横向空间分布,实现太赫兹波频谱的调制。在实验中,利用光泵浦整流方式产生太赫兹波,并利用太赫兹时域光谱系统对太赫兹信号进行探测。通过GS算法在液晶空间光调制器上加载不同的相位图,获得了不同的飞秒激光脉冲横向空间分布。通过改变探测距离和飞秒脉冲的空间分布参数,实现了太赫兹波频谱的调制。还利用菲涅尔衍射算法对这一过程进行了理论模拟,理论模拟结果与实验结果吻合的较好,这充分说明了基于飞秒脉冲空间整形的太赫兹光谱调制技术的可行性。     

采用液晶空间光调制器进行激光光束的空间整形

提出采用液晶空间光调制器进行激光束的实时,可调控光束空间整形的新方法,研究了液晶空间光调制器的光学调制特性,用液晶空间光调制器衬时产生的软边切趾光阑与空间滤波器结合,有效地对任意光束进行空间整形,获得光束填充因子高,近“平顶”光强的光束近场分布。     

基于液晶空间光调制器的空间滤波实验

空间滤波实验可以实现对输入物体的频谱分析及图像的边缘增强、噪声消除等各种图像处理。液晶空间光调制器可以作为衍射波面变换器件来使用。在空间滤波实验系统的滤波面上放置了液晶空间光调制器,并用CCD数码相机进行输出图像的观察和记录,分别给出了低通滤波、高通滤波、方向滤波等的仿真实验结果。该实验实现了输入数字物体的实时改变,并能够实时观察采用不同空间滤波器对输出像的影响。     

位相可控液晶空间光调制器的研究

论述了平行排列液晶的位相调制理论，进行了理论结果的计算模拟．研制出平行取向TFT型液晶空间光调制器并分析了其位相调制特性.结果表明,此平行取向的液晶空间光调制器可用于位相调制，其调整量优于0.7 μm，最小调整步长是0.052 μm．在ZYGO干涉仪上进行的位相控制实验，得到了很好的实验结果．     

Neural Network Control of Liquid Crystal Spatial Light Modulator for Spectral Synthesis of Light

If illuminating light with expected spectral distribution can be synthesized, it will be a great help in many-applications, such as computer vision, pattern recognition, industrial quality control, and remote sensing. A light source system containing a liquid crystal spatial light modultor (LCSLM) is proposed for this purpose. A supervised neural network with a single layer was used to control the system. After training the neural nrtwork with data acquired from the system, it gives the data which should be written to LCSLM in order to synthesize illuminating light having certain spectral distribution. Eight spectral distributions were synthesized to test the performance of the system, and the average synthesizing error was 12%.     

在粗糙表面上用液晶空间光调制器进行振动测量

为实现在一段时间内连续实时观测振动物体的全息干涉图形,采用覆盖铝箔的喇叭作为振动物体,利用铝箔原有未经特殊处理表面反射的漫反射光成像,并用光寻址液晶空间光调制器(Liquid crystal-sparial lightmodulator,LC-SLM)作为全息记录载体,来实现振动测量。实验中采用时间平均干涉测量法,得到了不同振动频率下物体的干涉图形。同时在连续改变振动物体的振动频率时,可以清晰地观察到物体振动全息干涉图形的变化过程,即近实时的全息干涉图形。     

高精度纯相位液晶空间光调制器的研究

研制了平行排列液晶空间光调制器（LC SLM）。论述了平行排列液晶相位调制的理论,进行了计算模拟。对液晶空间光调制器相位调制特性和振幅调制特性进行了测量,实验结果表明,在整个灰度级范围内是纯相位调制的空间光调制器,并且调制的范围可达到0．6λ。在ZYGO菲佐干涉仪上进行了精度特性的研究,得到了非常好的结果,在1cm^2的面积上,进行了畸变波前的调制,其精度峰谷值可达0．098λ,均方根值可达0．017λ。在此精度的基础上产生了π相位差的栅结构,证明了这种液晶空间光调制器可以很好的进行相位调制。     

液晶空间光调制器相位调制的色散特性研究

提出用椭偏仪法测试了自制液晶空间光调制器(LCSLM)的相位调制色散特性.椭偏仪法具有光路简单,结果准确,测试自动化等优点,相比单色光源干涉仪测量方法更加简单实用.结果表明,在短波长(450 nm)处,LCSLM的相位调制能力为1.54λ(λ=450 nm),在长波长(800 nm)处,LCSLM的相位调制能力为0.70λ(λ=800 nm),与理论分析的色散特性基本一致.     

纯相位液晶空间光调制器相位校正方法

利用泰曼-格林干涉系统,对纯相位液晶空间光调制器在808nm的相位调制特性进行了研究.为了提高其在大气湍流模拟时的仿真度,采用近似法和反插值法对相位调制曲线完成了线性校正,并对校正结果进行了对比分析.结果表明,虽然近似法校正简单易行,但经反插值法校正后,相位调制曲线的线性相关度更高,可达0.9916,校正误差更低,仅为0.06rad.通过对校正方法和误差来源的分析发现,反插值法还具有优化灵活的特点,能进一步改善校正效果,更具应用价值.     

基于液晶空间光调制器的脉冲整形系统校准及应用

搭建了反射式光脉冲整形系统,通过改变加载到液晶空间光调制器各像素点的调制电压,测定系统分辨率及调制电压与输出信号光强和相位变化的关系,并对液晶空间光调制器进行校准.实验结果表明:光强随调制电压周期变化,相位随调制电压非线性变化;系统分辨率为10GHz,像素调制间隔为0.08nm,即能够实现对频率间隔10GHz的光信号的调制.应用该系统,以谱线间隔为10GHz的光学频率梳为信号源,对脉冲频谱进行整形,产生了平坦、高斯型、三角、倒三角及光学频率梳信号.     

液晶电视空间光调制器对比度的研究

本文分析了影响液晶显示屏对比度的种种因素,根据偏振光在液晶中传输的性质,提出了一种有效改进液晶电视空间光调制器对比度的新方法。通过实验得到了液晶电视最佳对比度的条件,从而使原来4∶1的最佳对比度提高到19∶1。     

Phase Modulation Characteristics Analysis of Optically-Addressed Parallel-Aligned Nematic Liquid Crystal Phase-Only Spatial Light Modulator Combined with a Liquid Crystal Display

An optically addressed parallel-aligned nematic-liquid-crystal spatial light modulator (PAL-SLM) has been studied as a dynamic phase-only light modulation device. The phase modulation characteristics of the PAL-SLM using a liquid crystal display (LCD) as an addressing mask were investigated by analyzing diffraction efficiencies resulting from binary gratings projected from the LCD. A more than 2π phase-only modulation depth was achieved. The highest first-order diffraction efficiency of approximately 38% was also obtained; this is close to the theoretical limit. The experimental results of diffraction efficiencies depending on the phase modulation depth are in good agreement with the simulation for the system operation.     

高分辨率开环液晶自适应光学视网膜成像系统

利用液晶空间光调制器和夏克-哈特曼波前探测器作为核心器件搭建了一套开环双光源液晶自适应光学视网膜成像系统。系统采用人眼屈光0D基准设计并使用动态视标定位人眼,提高了人眼在测试时的稳定性,有效降低了由不同人眼个体差异带来的影响。通过补偿镜预补偿,配合微调照明光焦面,使照明光聚焦在眼底视觉细胞层,保证了像差探测精度和成像质量。利用人眼的偏振特性,采用偏振光照明的方式,将系统的能量利用率提高了20%。优化了系统的工作流程,优化后系统连续工作频率可超过20Hz。对4名志愿者进行了实验,均获得了清晰的眼底视网膜细胞图像。     

半“V”字形铁电液晶器件的制备

实验研究了N*-Sc*相变时施加直流电压的强度对铁电液晶分子层排列和电光性能的影响,由此筛选了合适的直流电压强度,并研制了可实现连续灰度级的半“V”字形铁电液晶样品.实验说明N*-Sc*相变时施加直流电压强度大有利于获得性能良好的器件.采用N*-Sc*相变施加4V/μm直流电压,制备半“V”字形铁电液晶器件,经测试器件饱和电压为5V,对比度为112.8,上升时间和下降时间分别为622.14 μs和374.7 μs.     

Holographic Femtosecond Laser Processing with Multiplexed Phase Fresnel Lenses Displayed on a Liquid Crystal Spatial Light Modulator

Parallel femtosecond laser processing with a computer-generated hologram displayed on a spatial light modulator (SLM) is demonstrated. Use of the SLM enables performance of an arbitrary and variable patterning in laser processing. The hologram uses multiplexed phase Fresnel lenses (MPFLs) with features of independent tunability, three-dimensional (3D) parallelism of the diffraction peaks, optimization of the hologram with low computational costs, and low contribution of zero-order light to the processing. To make uniform the reconstructed diffraction peaks, an MPFL is optimized by changing the center phase and size of each phase Fresnel lens while taking account of the intensity distribution of the irradiated laser pulse and the spatial frequency response of an SLM. Using the holographic technique, two-dimensional parallel processing with a single-pulse irradiation of glass is demonstrated and the processing performance is analyzed.     

连续灰度铁电液晶器件制备

采用N*-Sc*序列相铁电液晶,通过控制在N*-Sc*相变时施加电压的频率和幅值,制备了不同分子层排列结构的器件,获得了“V”字形和半“V”字形的电光特性曲线,从而可以实现连续灰度.根据铁电液晶自发偶极矩与电场力矩的相互作用原理,分析了器件形成不同分子层排列结构及呈现“V”字形和半“V”字形电光特性的原因.     

擦除光对铁电液晶光调制器光电响应特性的作用

针对以金属铝作反射介质的铁电液晶光寻址空间光调制器,提出了一类光-光等效电路模型,达到拓展电路模型到调制器光电响应特性研究的目的.擦除光对光电响应特性影响的模拟结果表明,擦除光能极大加快信息的擦除速度,帧速2.2 kHz,写入光强10 mW/cm2时,取擦除光强为10 mW/cm2,恰能将信息擦除.擦除光能有效抑制调制器的非期望输出光功率和调节器件的光电响应速度；对应于无擦除光注入的情况,注入1 mW/cm2擦出光使非期望输出光功率下降77%,响应速度减慢9%.通过设计肖特基势垒高度,擦除光可实现对读出光的开关和灰度调制等功能.给出了实现灰度调制功能的实例.由该模型得到的仿真实验结果在趋势与量级上均与有关文献的实测结果一致.     

Fabrication of a Mono-Domain Alignment Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal Device Using a Polar Self-Assembled Monolayer

A mono-domain ferroelectric liquid crystal device (FLCD) is fabricated using a novel method. The cell used in this method is an asymmetric cell, typically the combination of a polar self-assembled monolayer (SAM) for one substrate and a rubbed polyimide for the other substrate. A defect-free alignment of ferroelectric liquid crystal is fabricated without applying a dc voltage to remove degeneracy in the layer structure. The contact angles of self-assembled monolayer and PI-2942 are measured and the polarity of SAM is higher than the PI alignment. It is found that the polarity of self-assembled monolayer is a key factor in the formation of mono-domain alignment of FLC.     

Spatial Temporal Analysis of Electrically-Addressable Phase-Only Spatial Light Modulator

An optically addressed parallel-aligned nematic-liquid-crystal spatial light modulator (PAL-SLM) has been studied as a dynamic phase-only modulation device. A computer control feature of the spatial light modulator is strongly desired for practical applications. For those demands, an electrically-addressable phase-only spatial light modulator has been developed to combine a liquid crystal display (LCD) with a PAL-SLM (LCD-coupled PAL-SLM) and its performance has been reported. However, a temporal characteristic especially two-dimensional (2D) response has not been discussed before. In this paper, 2D response analysis system has been constructed by using a high-speed complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (CMOS) camera (1000 frames/sec) and the 2D-modulation characteristic of the LCD-coupled PAL-SLM has been observed. As a result, the LCD has a spatially non-uniform modulation characteristic due to a scanning addressing. It has the potential to cause problems in high speed switching for a computer generated hologram. On the other hand, the spatial non-uniformity has not been observed with the LCD-coupled PAL-SLM.