title: Shearing interferometer based on the birefringent properties of a spatial light modulator.
abstract: We present a shearing interferometer that is based on the birefringent properties of a phase-only spatial light modulator. The main advantages of this approach are the high flexibility, the robustness, and the light efficiency. In contrast to already existing methods the suppression of unwanted diffraction orders is not required.
authors.affiliation: Bremer Institut für Angewandte Strahltechnik, Klagenfurter Strasse 2, 28359 Bremen, Germany. falldorf@bias.de
authors.forename: Claas
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Falldorf
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Osten
authors.forename: Christoph V
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Kopylow
authors.forename: Werner
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jüptner