Parallel lensless optical correlator based on two phase-only spatial light modulators.

In this paper, we proposed a parallel phase-only lensless optical correlator based on two pieces of Liquid Crystal on Silicon Spatial Light Modulators. Phase Fresnel Lens Array and specialized grating are implemented to realize multi-channel and multiplexed LOC. Experimental results of Chinese characters' recognitions are given as demonstration of proposed technique. High uniformity of processing channels has been verified by autocorrelation process of four same Chinese characters. The technique is programmable and adjustment of optical path could be realized without changing of optical setup. The implementations could be performed on the same configuration as single channel optical correlator without mechanical alternation.

Mode purities of Laguerre-Gaussian beams generated via complex-amplitude modulation using phase-only spatial light modulators.

We investigate output mode purities of Laguerre-Gaussian (LG) beams generated from four typical simultaneous amplitude and phase modulation methods with phase-only spatial light modulators (SLMs). Numerical simulations supposing the practical SLM, i.e., stepwise phase modulation with a pixelated device, predict an output mode purity of beyond 0.969 for the LG beams of less than radially and azimuthally fifth order. Experimental results of generating LG beams are also shown to demonstrate the effects of the simultaneous phase and amplitude modulation.

Generation of high-quality higher-order Laguerre-Gaussian beams using liquid-crystal-on-silicon spatial light modulators.

We report on the high-quality holographic generation of higher-order Laguerre-Gaussian (LG) beams using a liquid-crystal-on-silicon spatial light modulator. The effects of the input beam pattern on the output LG beam quality are investigated in detail through theoretical discussions and experiments. Correlation analyses between observed beam patterns and theoretical mode profiles reveal that higher beam quality is achieved for output LG beams generated from a top-hat input beam than from a Gaussian input beam.

Universal generation of higher-order multiringed Laguerre-Gaussian beams by using a spatial light modulator.

Laguerre-Gaussian (LG) beams of various higher-order radial modes are generated by using a reflective phase-only liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) spatial light modulator (SLM). Because of the LCOS SLM's phase-modulation characteristic of a wide spatial bandwidth, a phase modulation scheme effectively generates higher-order LG beams of up to the fifth-order radial mode. We also perform correlation analyses between the observed and the theoretical two-dimensional mode profiles to universally obtain correlation coefficients of more than 0.946, which suggest mode generations of high quality.