title: Hyperresolving phase-only filters with an optically addressable liquid crystal spatial light modulator.
abstract: Hyperresolving (sometimes called 'superresolving' or 'ultraresolving') phase-only filters can be generated using an optically addressable liquid crystal spatial light modulator. This approach avoids the problems of low efficiency, and coupling between amplitude and phase modulation, that arise when using conventional liquid crystal modulators. When addressed by a programmed light intensity distribution, it allows filters to be changed rapidly to modify the response of a system or permit the investigation of different filter designs. In this paper we present experimental hyperresolved images obtained using an optically addressable parallel-aligned nematic LCD with two zone Toraldo type phase-only filters. The images are compared with theoretical predictions.
authors.affiliation: Physical Optics Laboratory, School of Physics, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McOrist
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: C J R
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Sheppard
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: West
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsuda
mesh_terms: D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D005374:Filtration / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D055095:Optics and Photonics / Q000295:instrumentation*