title: Ferroelectric-liquid-crystal/silicon-integrated-circuit spatial light modulator.
abstract: We present the design and characterization of a spatial light modulator (SLM) comprising a ferroelectric-liquid-crystal light-modulating layer on top of a silicon integrated circuit. Our SLM consists of two electrically addressed arrays on the same integrated-circuit die. The first, a 1 x 128 linear array with a 20-microm center-to-center element spacing, used shift register addressing, while the second, a 64 x 64 square array with 60-microm pitch, used static random access memory addressing. The resulting SLM could be addressed at frame rates of up to 4.5 kHz and gave singleelement intensity contrast ratios of 12:1.
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Cotter
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Drabik
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Dillon
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Handschy