Phase-only spatial light modulators are now ubiquitous tools in modern optics laboratories, and are often used to generate so-called structured light. In this work we outline the use of a phase-only spatial light modulator to achieve full complex amplitude modulation of the light, i.e., in amplitude and phase. We outline the theoretical concept, and then illustrate its use with the example of t...

Spatial light modulators are ubiquitous tools for wavefront control and laser beam shaping but have traditionally been used with monochromatic sources due to the inherent wavelength dependence of the calibration process and subsequent phase manipulation. In this work we show that such devices can also be used to shape broadband sources without any wavelength dependence on the output beam's phas...

Spatial light modulators (SLMs) are devices for modulating amplitude, phase, or polarization of beams on demand. Such regarded as the backbone optical information parallel processing and future computers. Currently, SLMs mainly operated in an electrical addressing manner, wherein modulated by signals. However, all-optical systems prefer to control directly (i.e., optically addressed, OA) withou...