Total Internal Reflection Spatial Light Modulator Using Organic Electrooptic Crystal MNA

Z. Wen; C. Grossman; A. F. Garito; N. H. Farhat

doi:10.1117/12.941961

4 February 1988 Total Internal Reflection Spatial Light Modulator Using Organic Electrooptic Crystal MNA

Z. Wen, C. Grossman, A. F. Garito, N. H. Farhat

Proceedings Volume 0824, Advances in Nonlinear Polymers and Inorganic Crystals, Liquid Crystals and Laser Media; (1988) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.941961
Event: 31st Annual Technical Symposium on Optical and Optoelectronic Applied Sciences and Engineering, 1987, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

A total internal reflection (TIR) spatial light modulator (SLM) employing the organic electrooptic crystal 2-methyl-4-nitroaniline (MNA) is discussed. The design configurations and performance characteristics are presented and compared with devices using inorganic electrooptic crystals such as LiNb03. It is estimated that the diffraction efficiency of a TIR SLM using MNA is enhanced by a factor of more than six compared with that using LiNb03, and, correspondingly, the driving voltage of the very large scale integration (VLIC) circuit is reduced approximately by a factor of two and half.

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Z. Wen, C. Grossman, A. F. Garito, and N. H. Farhat "Total Internal Reflection Spatial Light Modulator Using Organic Electrooptic Crystal MNA", Proc. SPIE 0824, Advances in Nonlinear Polymers and Inorganic Crystals, Liquid Crystals and Laser Media, (4 February 1988); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.941961

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