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Technical Whitepapers
A collection of general discussions and in-depth technical notes featuring Boulder
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Summary |
Related Product(s) |
 100%
Fill Factor |
Why Choose
BNS?
Dielectric Mirror coatings are
applied to provide 100% Fill Factor
and up to 95% Zero-Order Diffraction
Efficiency |
256 X 256 SLM, 512 X 512 SLM,
1 X 12,288 SLM |
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High
Optical Resolution |
Why Choose
BNS?
Narrow phase wraps = maximum use
of spatial resolution |
256 X 256 SLM, 512 X 512 SLM,
1 X 12,288 SLM |
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High
Speed |
Why Choose
BNS?
High Speed addressing combined
with High Speed Liquid crystal
eliminates phase droop and provides
up to 500 Hz switching frequency. |
256 X 256 SLM, 512 X 512 SLM,
1 X 12,288 SLM |
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Unique
Modulators |
Why Choose
BNS?
Phase Modulation / Amplitude
Modulation / or Combined in one SLM |
256 X 256 SLM, 512 X 512 SLM,
1 X 12,288 SLM |
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Optical Trapping |
A compact holographic optical
tweezers instrument
G. M. Gibson, R. W. Bowman, A.
Linnenberger, M. Dienerowitz, D. B.
Phillips et al. |
Control of matter defects using
optical phase singularities
Ivan Smalyukh, Paul Ackerman, Rahul
P. Trivedi, and Taewoo Lee |
Increasing trap stiffness with
position clamping in holographic
optical tweezers
Darryl Preece, Richard Bowman, Anna
Linnenberger, Graham Gibson, Steven
Serati, and Miles Padgett |
Controlling total spot power from
holographic laser by superimposing a
binary phase grating
Xiang Lu, Jian Zhang, Yu Gan, and
Liying Wu |
Expanding the toolbox for
nanoparticle trapping and
spectroscopy with holographic
optical tweezers
M Dienerowitz, G Gibson, F
Dienerowitz, and M Padgett |
Holographic power-law traps for the
efficient production of
Bose-Einstein condensates
Graham D. Bruce, Sarah L. Bromley,
Giuseppe Smirne, Lara Torralbo-Campo,
and Donatella Cassettari |
Improved direct binary search-based
algorithm for generating holograms
for the application of holographic
optical tweezers
XuDong Zhao, Jing Li, Tao Tao, Qian
Long, and Xiaoping Wu |
Live cell lithography: Using optical
tweezers to create synthetic tissue
Utkur Mirsaidov, Jan Scrimgeour,
Winston Timp, Kaethe Beck, Mustafa
Mir, Paul Matsudaira, and Gregory
Timp |
Minimizing intensity fluctuations in
dynamic holographic optical
tweezers, by restricted phase change
Martin Persson, David Engstrom,
Anders Frank, Jan Backsten, Jorgen
Bengtsson, and Mattias Goksor |
Reduction of two-photon holographic
speckle using shift-averaging
Suhail Matar, Lior Golan, and Shy
Shoham |
Three-dimensional parallel particle
manipulation and tracking by
integrating holographic optical
tweezers and engineered point spread
functions
Donald B. Conkey, Rahul P. Trivedi,
Sri Rama Prasanna Pavani, Ivan I.
Smalyukh, and Rafael Piestun |
Unconventional structure-assisted
optical manipulation of high-index
nanowires in liquid crystals
David Engstrom, Michael C.M. Varney,
Martin Persson, Rahul P. Trivedi,
Kris A. Bertness, Mattias Goksor,
and Ivan I. Smalyukh |
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Microscopy |
Exploiting multimode waveguides for
pure fibre-based imaging
Tomas Cizmar, and Kishan Dholakia |
Holographic photo-stimulation for
dynamic control of neuronal
population activity
Suhail Matar, Lior Golan, Nairouz
Farah, Inna Reutsky, and Shy Shoham |
Photons, neurons, and wellbeing
David Pile |
Spatial light interference
microscopy (SLIM)
Zhuo Wang, Larry Millet, Mustafa
Mir, Huafeng Ding, Sakulsuk
Unarunotai, John Rogers, Martha U.
Gillette, and Gabriel Popescu |
Two photon microscopy with
diffractive optic elements and
spatial light modulators
Brendon O. Watson, Volodymyr
Nikolenko, Roberto Araya, Darcy S.
Peterka, Alan Woodruff, and Rafael
Yuste |
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Laser Machining |
Real-time control of polarization in
ultra-short pulse laser
micro-processing
O.J. Allegre, W. Perrie,
K. Bauchert, D. Liu, S. P.
Edwardson, G. Deardon, and K. G.
Watkins |
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Pulse Shaping |
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Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman
Scattering (CARS) - Pulse Shaping
Some advantages of
using a BNS SLM in the design of
CARS microscopy include:
independent phase and amplitude
modulation using only one array,
high spectral resolution,
improved diffraction efficiency. |
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Quartic-phase limited grism-based
ultrashort pulse shaper
Jeffrey J Field,
Charles G. Durfee III, Jeff A.
Squier, Steve Kane |
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Characterization of a High
Efficiency, Ultrashort Pulse Shaper
Incorporating a Reflective
4096-Element Spatial Light Modulator
Jeffrey J Field,
Thomas A. Planchon,
Wafa Amir, Charles G. Durfee,
Jeff A. Squier |
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Shaping ultrafast optical pulses
with liquid crystal spatial light
modulators
The ability to
"coherently control" or drive an
expirement with a shaped optical
field is one of the most
intriguing applications in the
field of ultrafast phenomena
today. |
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Spectral phase shaping for high
resolution CARS spectroscopy around
3000cm
A.C.W. van Rhijn, S.
Postma, J.P. Korterik, J.L.
Herek, H.L. Offerhaus |
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Ultrafast phase and amplitude pulse
shaping with a single,
one-dimensional, high-resolution
phase mask
Jesse W. Wilson,
Philip Schlup, Randy A. Bartels |
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| Liquid Crystal
Beamsteering |
A review of Phased Array Steering
for Narrow-Band Electrooptical
Systems
Paul F. McManamon,
Philip J. Bos, Michael J. Escuti,
Jason Heikenfeld, Steve Serati,
Kuikai Xie, Edward A. Watson
Proc. IEEE, Vol. 97, No. 6 (June 2009) |
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Wide-angle nonmechanical beam
steering using thin liquid crystal
polarization gratings
Jihwan Kim, Chulwoo Oh,
Michael J. Escuti, Lance
Hosting, Steven Serati
Proc. SPIE, Vol. 7093 (Aug 2008) |
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Advances in optical phased array
technology
Anna Linnenberger,
Steve Serati, Jay Stockley
Proc. SPIE, Vol. 6304 (Sep 2006) |
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In situ measurement of liquid
crystal spatial light modulators'
beam steering characteristics during
gamma irradiation
Jay Stockley, Steve Serati,
Daniel Dauwe, Terence Deaton,
Joseph Nonnast
Proc. SPIE, Vol. 6308 (Aug 2006) |
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Advances in liquid crystal
based devices for wavefront control and beamsteering
Steven Serati, Jay Stockley
Proc. SPIE, Vol. 5894 (Aug 2005) |
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Nematic liquid crystal spatial
light modulator’s response to total-dose irradiation
Stephen DeWalt, Kyle Miller, Jay Stockley
Proc. SPIE, Vol. 5554, pp. 46-58 (Oct 2004) |
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Advances in liquid crystal
beam steering
Jay Stockley, Steven Serati
Proc. SPIE, Vol. 5550, pp. 32-39 (Oct 2004) |
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Beam combining using a phased
array of phased arrays (PAPA)
Steven Serati, Hugh Masterson and Anna Linnenberger
2004 IEEE Aerospace Conference, 5.0205 (Mar 2004) |
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Liquid crystal spatial light
modulator for multispot beam steering
Jay Stockley, Steve Serati, Xiaodong Xun, Robert Cohn
Proc. SPIE, Vol. 5160, pp. 208-215 (Jan 2004) |
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Cascaded one-dimensional liquid crystal OPAs
for 2-D beam steering
Jay Stockley, Steve Serati
2003 IEEE Aerospace Conference, 5.0701 (Mar 2003) |
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Phased array of phased array for free-space optical communications
Steve Serati, Jay Stockley
2003 IEEE Aerospace Conference, 5.0503 (Mar 2003) |
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Advanced liquid crystal on silicon optical phased arrays
Steven Serati, Jay Stockley
2002 IEEE Aerospace Conference, paper 5.0301 (Mar 2002) |
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Liquid Crystal optical phase modulators for beam steering
Jay Stockley, Xiaowei Xia, Teresa Ewing, and Steve Serati
MRS Proceedings, Vol. 709, pp. 55-66 (2001) |
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Structured polymer/liquid crystal for switchable diffractive and
micro-optics
Darius Subacius, Jay Stockley, Steven Serati
Proc. SPIE, Vol. 3778, pp. 53-61 (Sep 1999) |
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Liquid crystal on VLSI silicon optical phased array
Jay Stockley, Darius Subacius, Steven Serati
Proc. SPIE, Vol. 3787, pp. 105-114 (Jul 1999) |
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Broadband phase-modulating system for white-light
Fourier transformations
Jay Stockley, Steven Serati, Darius Subacius, Kevin McIntyre, Ken Walsh
Proc. SPIE, Vol. 3633, p. 196-205 (Jun 1999) |
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Influence of the interpixel
region in liquid crystal diffraction gratings
Jay Stockley, Darius Subacius, Steven Serati
Proc. SPIE, Vol. 3635, pp. 127-136 (Mar 1999) |
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Broadband beam steering
Jay Stockley, Steven Serati, Gary Sharp, Ping Wang, Ken Walsh, Kristina Johnson
Proc. SPIE, Vol. 3131, pp. 111-123 (Jul 1997) |
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| Spectral
Filters |
Novel Polarization interference filters for wide
spectral tuning of an optical null
Hugh Masterson, Jay Stockley
Proc. SPIE, Vol. 5289, p. 38-52 (May 2004) |
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Liquid crystal modulated optical CDMA in a fiber-based testbed
Yijing Fu, Frank Barnes, Teresa Ewing, Steven Serati, Xiaowei Xia
Proc. SPIE, Vol. 5595, p. 302-309 (Oct 2004) |
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Demonstration of reconfigurable O-CDMA using liquid crystal modulators
Xiaowei Xia, Teresa Ewing, Steven Serati, Yijing Fu, Rong Zhou, John Neff, Frank Barnes
Proc. SPIE, Vol. 5246, pp. 95-102 (Aug 2003) |
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Advances in polarization-based liquid crystal optical filters
Xiaowei Xia, Jay Stockley, Teresa Ewing, Steven Serati
Proc. SPIE, Vol. 4658, pp. 51-58 (May 2002) |
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Fabry Perot etalon with polymer cholesteric liquid-crystal
mirrors
Jay Stockley, Gary Sharp, Kristina Johnson
Optics Letters, Vol. 24, Issue 1, p. 55 (Jan 1999) |
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| Spatial Light
Modulators – Phase Modulation / Wavefront Control |
Dynamic calibration for improving
the speed of a parallel-aligned
liquid-crystal-on-silicon display
Joaquin Oton, Pierre Ambs, Maria S.
Millan, and Elisabet Perez-Cabre |
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Spatial light modulator
considerations for beam control in
optical manipulation applications
Steve Serati, Jamie
Harriman
Proc. SPIE, Vol. 6326, (Sep 2006) |
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Transmissive spatial light
modulators with high figure-of-merit
liquid crystals for foveated imaging
applications
Jamie
Harriman,Sebastian Gauza, Shin-Tson
Wu, David Wick, Brett Bagwell,
Ty Martinez, Don Payne, Steven
Serati
Proc. SPIE, Vol. 6135, (Feb 2006) |
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Wide field-of-view imaging system using a liquid
crystal spatial light modulator
G. Curatu, D. Wick, D. Payne, T. Martinez, J. Harriman, J. Harvey,
Proc. SPIE, Vol. 5874, (Aug 2005) |
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Improving spatial light modulator performance through phase compensation
Jamie Harriman, Anna Linnenberger, Steven Serati
Proc. SPIE, Vol. 5553, (Oct 2004). |
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High-resolution phase-only spatial light modulators with sub-millisecond
response
Steven Serati, Xiaowei Xia, Owais Mughal, Anna Linnenberger
Proc. SPIE, Vol. 5106, pp. 138-145 (Aug 2003) |
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SLMs meet the challenge of new applications
Steven Serati and Kipp Bauchert
Laser Focus World, Vol. 35, No. 5, p 229 (May 1999) |
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Analog optical phase modulator based on chiral
smectic and polymer cholesteric liquid crystals
Jay Stockley, Gary Sharp, Steven Serati, Kristina Johnson
Optics Letters, Vol. 20, Issue 23, p. 2441 (Dec 1995) |
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| Spatial Light
Modulators – Amplitude Modulation |
Liquid crystal on silicon infrared scene projectors
Teresa Ewing, William Folks
Proc. SPIE, Vol. 5785, p. 36-45 (April 2005) |
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Development of large-array spatial light modulators
Steven Serati, Kipp Bauchert, Peter Millett
Proc. SPIE, Vol. 5362, p. 119-127, (Jun 2004) |
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Advances in liquid crystal
spatial light modulators
Kipp Bauchert, Steven Serati, Alex Furman
Proc. SPIE, Vol. 4734, pp. 35-43 (Apr 2002) |
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High-speed multilevel 512x512 spatial light modulator
Kipp Bauchert, Steven Serati
Proc. SPIE, Vol. 4043, pp. 59-65 (Mar 2000) |
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High-speed multilevel phase/amplitude spatial light modulator advances
Kipp Bauchert, Steven Serati
Proc. SPIE, Vol. 3715, pp. 90-96 (Mar 1999) |
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Sampling technique for achieving full unit-circle coverage using
a real-axis spatial light modulator
Steven Serati, Kipp Bauchert
Proc. SPIE, Vol. 3715, pp. 112-119 (Mar 1999) |
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Analog spatial light modulators: advances and applications
Steven Serati, Kipp Bauchert
Proc. SPIE, Vol. 3292, pp. 2-12 (Apr 1998) |
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128 x 128 analog liquid crystal spatial light modulator
Steven Serati, Gary Sharp, Roylnn Serati, Douglas McKnight, Jay Stockley
Proc. SPIE, Vol. 2490, pp. 378-387 (Mar 1995) |
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256 by 256 liquid-crystal-on-silicon spatial light modulator
Douglas McKnight, Kristina Johnson, Roylnn Serati
Applied Optics, Vol. 33, Issue 14, p. 2775 (May 1994) |
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High-speed analog achromatic intensity modulator
Jay Stockley, Gary Sharp, Dave Doroski, Kristina Johnson
Optics Letters, Vol. 19, Issue 10, p. 758 (May 1994) |
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