title: Programmable array microscopy with a ferroelectric liquid-crystal spatial light modulator.
abstract: We present a programmable array microscope that uses a ferroelectric liquid-crystal spatial light modulator (SLM) for dynamic generation of scanning apertures. A single SLM serves as both the source and the detector aperture array in a double-pass confocal system. Successive aperture frames scan the array across the viewing area for complete imaging of a sample while preserving depth discrimination. Integration of the microscope output across all aperture frames produces a confocal image.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2 Ireland.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Shaw
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: McCabe