Foveated, wide field-of-view imaging system using a liquid crystal spatial light modulator.
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چکیده
The field-of-view (FOV) of a simple imaging system can be dramatically improved using a liquid crystal spatial light modulator (SLM). A SLM can be used to correct the off-axis aberrations that often limit the useful FOV of an imaging system giving near diffraction-limited performance at much larger field angles than would otherwise be possible. Foveated imaging refers to the variation in spatial resolution across the image caused by using the SLM in this application, and it is useful in reducing bandwidth requirements for data transmission.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Optics express
دوره 8 10 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2001