Keywords: Spatial Light Modulator, SLM, light modulation, phase modulation,
A Spatial Light Modulator (SLM) is an electrically programmable device that modulates light according to a fixed spatial (pixel) pattern. SLM are typically used to control incident light in amplitude, phase, or the combination of both.
A Spatial Light Modulator (SLM) is an electrically programmable device that modulates light according to a fixed spatial (pixel) pattern. SLMs have an expanding role in several optical areas where light control on a pixel-by-pixel basis is critical for optimum system performance. SLMs are typically used to control incident light in amplitude, phase, or the combination of both.
Several parameters help define SLM characteristics. Pixel pitch is defined as the center-to-center spacing between adjacent pixels. Interpixel gap describes the edge-to-edge spacing between adjacent pixels.
Polarized light enters the device from the top, passes through the cover glass, transparent electrode and liquid crystal layer, is reflected off the aluminum pixel electrodes, and returns on the same path. Drive signals travel through the pins on the bottom of the pin-grid array package, through the bond wires, and into the silicon die circuitry. The voltage induced on each electrode (pixel) produces an electric field between that electrode and the transparent electrode on the cover glass. This field produces a change in the optical properties of the LC layer. Because each pixel is independently controlled, a phase pattern may be generated by loading different voltages onto each pixel.
High Voltage Backplanes = Fastest Response Times
Our SLMs use custom backplanes, and proprietary drive schemes to achieve response times down to 1 ms (wavelength dependent). Most other liquid crystal spatial light modulators utilize display backplanes built with standard Nematic liquid crystal, limiting response time to >30 ms.
Highest Phase Stability Commercially Available –Our backplanes are custom designed to allow high refresh rates (up to 6 kHz), and direct analog drive schemes. Refreshing the voltage at the pixel at rates far surpassing the response time of the liquid crystal ensures high temporal phase stability. Further, use of direct analog drive schemes, as opposed to digital dithering, reduces optical flicker as low as 0.1% (0.001 π radians). Low Inter-pixel Cross Talk - Our backplanes are custom designed to offer high voltage at the pixel (5 – 12 V), and a large pixel pitch. Further, our SLMs are built with Meadowlark Optics proprietary liquid crystal which minimizes the required thickness of the LC layer in the SLM. By maximizing the ratio of pixel pitch to LC thickness we are able to offer SLMs with minimal inter-pixel effects.
Broad Wavelength Capabilities - We are the only SLM supplier capable of offering SLMs designed for use from UV (>365 nm) up to the LWIR (8 - 12 µm). Analog is Better - All the SLMs have been designed for phase modulation. Unlike many display LCoS backplanes which require a pulse width modulation (PWM) scheme, our backplanes utilize analog voltages at each pixel. This results in a very stable phase response over time.
High Bit Depth Controllers - we offer 8, 12, and 16-bit controllers to provide the most linear resolvable phase levels commercially available (up to 500). Fast transfer speeds from the computer to the SLM are offered up to 2 kHz.
Polarized light enters the device from the top, passes through the cover glass, transparent electrode and liquid crystal layer, is reflected off the aluminum pixel electrodes, and returns on the same path. Drive signals travel through. There are 2 types of special light modulators: reflective analog SLMs and transmissive SLMs.
Reflective Analog SLMs: All of our liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) backplanes incorporate analog data addressing with high refresh rates to provide the lowest phase ripple SLMs available. User’s can select standard or high speed liquid crystal for optimal performance. Liquid cooling systems are available to remove heat via the back of the SLM chip in order to maximize optical power handling capabilities:
Transmissive SLMs: All of our liquid crystal on glass (LCoG) SLMs enable simple optical systems when low pixel counts are sufficient. Users can select single-mask or configurations for phase or amplitude modulation, or a dual-mask configuration for combined phase and amplitude modulation.
High Speed Analog –up to 1 kHz
Our Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCoS) Spatial Light Modulators (SLMs) are uniquely designed for pure phase applications and incorporate analog data addressing with high refresh rates. This combination provides users with the fastest response times with high phase stability. The 1024 x 1024 SLM is good for applications requiring high speed, high diffraction efficiency, low phase ripple and high-power lasers.
High Speed with High Phase Stability -Great care was taken in the design of the 1024 x 1024 silicon backplane to enable high speed operation while simultaneously maximizing phase stability. Engineers successfully achieved high speed without compromising phase stability.
The 1024 x 1024 SLM is incredibly fast with liquid crystal response times ranging from 0.9 to 8 ms (wavelength dependent) for a full wave of modulation when running in typical room temperature environments.
SLM Features:
High resolution
High speed
High Phase Stability
Pure analog phase control
High first order efficiency
High reflectivity
High power handling
On-board Memory
Wavelengths from 488-1650 nm
Software Features:
Input and Output Triggers
Image Generation
Automated Sequencing
Wavefront Calibration
Global and Regional Look Up Tables
Temperature Monitoring
Diffraction Efficiency (0th-order)
This is the amount of light measured in the 0th-order (dc) when the SLM is written with various solid gray levels as a percentage of the amount of light measured when the SLM is replaced with a reference mirror. Therefore, it takes into account losses in transmission through the coatings on the SLM cover window, as well as diffraction losses due to the pixel pads being less than 100% fill-factor. In addition to these losses, this measurement also accounts for losses due to imperfect reflectivity of the aluminum pixel mirrors, or in the case of a dielectric mirror coated model the measurement accounts for losses due to imperfect reflectivity of this dielectric mirror coating. The 0th-order diffraction efficiency will vary as a function of wavelength due to differences in coating materials and designs. It will also vary with pixel value due to the inherent change in the index of refraction of the liquid crystal that results in a change in the Fresnel reflections inside the liquid crystal cell. Most standard SLMs will range from 70 –90%, while the dielectric mirror coated models will range from 92 –98%.
High Efficiency Dielectric Mirror Coating
All the light reflecting off the SLM is modulated –including the light between the aluminum pixel electrodes. The reflective pixel structure associated with a LCoS SLM backplane acts as an amplitude grating diffracts some light into higher orders. Optically, the active area of the backplane is converted into a flat dielectric mirror by depositing dielectric layers to eliminate the amplitude and optical path variations associated with the underlying aluminum pixel structure. The dielectric stack is kept thin to minimize any drop in electric field across the LC layer as shown in the figure below. In other words, there are no abrupt changes in phase modulation (such as dead zones) between pixels due to the smoothing which results from separating the LC modulator from the driving electrodes.
Diffraction Efficiency (1st-order)
This is the percentage of light measured in the 1st-order when writing a linear repeating phase ramp to the SLM as compared to the light in the 0thorder when no pattern is written to the SLM. 1st-order diffraction efficiency varies as a function of the number of phase levels, or pixels, in the phase ramp. Example measurement data taken at various wavelengths is shown below for phase ramps with 2 to 8 phase levels between 0 and 2π.
High Phase Stability –Making an LCOS SLM faster usually means the phase stability becomes worse. However, we’ve combined our traditional analog drive scheme with some new proprietary technologies to suppress phase instabilities to an unprecedented 0.05 –1.0% without compromising the speed. If your application requires extremely low phase ripple, please contact our engineer for more information on the 19x12 SLM. Phase ripple is quantified by measuring the variation in intensity of the 1storder diffracted spot as compared to the mean intensity while writing a blazed phase grating to the SLM. Since phase stability varies as a function of pixel voltage, this measurement approach is an average and does not represent all scenarios.
Software -Our SLMs are supplied with a graphical user interface and software development kits that support LabVIEW, Matlab, Python, and C++. The software allows the user to generate images, to correct aberrations, to calibrate the global and/or regional optical response over ‘n’ waves of modulation, to sequence at a user defined frame rate, and to monitor the SLM temperature.
Global or Regional Calibrations -Regional calibrations provide the highest spatial phase fidelity commercially available by regionally characterizing the phase response to voltage and calibrating on a pixel-by-pixel basis.
Image Generation Capabilities
Bessel Beams: Spiral Phase, Fork, Concentric Rings, Axicons
Lens Functions: Cylindrical, Spherical
Gratings: Blazed, Sinusoid
Diffraction Patterns: Stripes, Checkerboard, Solid, Random Phase
Holograms, Zernike Polynomials, Superimpose Images
1024 x 1024 Analog Spatial Light Modulator Specifications
Resolution: 1024 x 1024
Array Size: 17.40 x 17.40 mm
Zero-Order Diffraction Efficiency: 75 -87%
Fill Factor: 97.2%
Pixel Pitch: 17 x 17 μm
With Dielectric Mirror Coating: 92 –98%
Standard calibration wavelength | Liquid crystal response time/system frame rate | Calibrated wavefront distortion | ||
AR coating range 400-800nm | AR coating range 500-1200nm | AR coating range 850-1650nm | ||
532 nm | ≤ 1.0 ms / ≥ 1000.0 Hz | ≤ 1.4 ms / ≥ 714.3 Hz | – | λ/5 |
635 nm | ≤ 1.3 ms / ≥ 769.2 Hz | ≤ 1.8 ms / ≥ 555.6 Hz | – | λ/6 |
785 nm | ≤ 1.8 ms / ≥ 555.6 Hz | ≤ 2.4 ms / ≥ 416.7 Hz | – | λ/7 |
1064 nm | – | ≤ 3.4 ms / ≥ 294.1 Hz | ≤ 5.5 ms / ≥ 181.8 Hz | λ/10 |
1550 nm | – | – | ≤ 8.0 ms / ≥ 125.0 | λ/12 |
Part number | STM-HSP1K-488-800-PC8 | STM-HSP1K-500-1200-PC8 | STM-HSP1K-850-2650-PC8 |
Hardware Interface -The 1024 x 1024 SLM system includes a Gen3 x8 PCIe controller with input and output triggers and low latency image transfers. Triggering can be performed on SLM chip refresh period boundaries of 696 μs, or even in the middle of refresh periods for applications requiring the SLM be tightly synchronized to external hardware. The controller also includes 752 frames of internal memory that can be loaded in advance, then sequenced at full speed in order to minimize traffic on the PCIe bus during operation.
E - Series: Educational, Economical & Entry - level
We are pleased to introduce our latest E - Series Spatial Light Modulator (SLM) . Don’t let the name fool you ; with improved specifications over our previous model, it is anything but entry - level . It is, however, economical and ideally suited for educational labs with a limited budget . Liquid Crystal on Silicon ( LCoS ) Spatial Light Modulators (SLMs) are uniquely designed for pure phase applications and incorporate analog data addressing with high refresh rates . This combination provides users with the fastest response times and highest phase stabilities commercially available . We offer both transmissive and reflective SLMs in either one - or two - dimensions . Phase - only SLMs can also be used for amplitude - only or a combination of both.
SLM Features:
High resolution
High phase stability
Pure analog phase control
High first order efficiency
High reflectivity
High power handling
Compact design
Wavelengths from 400–1650 nm
Software Features
Output triggers
Image generation
Automated sequencing
Wavefront calibration
Global and regional look up tables
High Phase Stability – We are known for having the fastest SLMs with the least amount of phase ripple on the market . Our backplanes are custom designed with high refresh rates and direct analog drive schemes, resulting in phase ripple for standard products ranging between 0.10 - 0.30% . For customers who require even better performance, customization is possible with phase ripple as low as 0.025% ( 0.0008 π radians) . Phase ripple is quantified by measuring the variation in intensity of the 1 st order diffracted spot as compared to the mean intensity while writing a blazed phase grating to the SLM.
Hardware Interface Options - The 1920 x 1200 SLM is offered with a 60 Hz HDMI Controller enabling customers to take advantage of our fast liquid crystal response times. Standard hardware includes output trigger for synchronization.
Diffraction Efficiency (1st - order) - This is the percentage of light measured in the 1st - order when writing a linear repeating phase ramp to the SLM as compared to the light in the 0th order when no pattern is written to the SLM. Diffraction efficiency varies as a function of the number of phase levels in the phase ramp. The plot to the right shows sample 1 st order diffraction efficiency measurements, as a function of the phase ramp period, taken at various wavelengths.
Global or Regional Calibrations - Regional calibrations provide the highest spatial phase fidelity commercially available by regionally characterizing the phase response to voltage and calibrating on a pixel-by-pixel basis.
Image Generation Capabilities
Bessel Beams: Spiral Phase, Fork, Concentric Rings, Axicons
Lens Functions : Cylindrical, Spherical
Gratings : Blazed, Sinusoid
Diffraction Patterns : Stripes, Checkerboard, Solid, Random Phase, Holograms, Zernike Polynomials, Superimpose Images
Standard Speed System -Standard Liquid Crystal with HDMI Controller
All of our liquid crystal on glass (LCoG) SLMs enable simple optical systems when low pixel counts are sufficient. Users can select single-mask or configurations for phase or amplitude modulation, or a dual-mask configuration for combined phase and amplitude modulation.
The linear SLM has a linear pixel array geometry. This system can be used to alter the temporal profile of femtosecond light pulses via computer control. Applications requiring these short pulses include analysis and quantum control of chemical events, optical communication and biomedical imaging. This linear SLM offers high fill factor, good transmitted wavefront distortion, and options for single or dual-plane for modulating phase, amplitude, or both simultaneously. These SLMs find use in other applications including Hadamard spectroscopy, optical data storage and wavefront compensation.
Pixel format | Response time | Pixel pitch | Efficiency | Fill factor | Active area (mm) |
1x128 | 35 – 70 ms | 100 um | 85 – 92% | 98.0% | 12.80 x 5.00 |
Hex | 1 mm | 》90% | 93.1 | 12.00Ø |
2.2 Spatial Light Modulator Controller
Our spatial light modulator controller allows for independent voltage control of up to 128 liquid crystal cells or pixels. The SLM Controller connects via USB cable to a Windows™ based computer. Supplied software allows for convenient setting of inpidual pixel retardance and for the programming of retardance profiles across a pixelated device. Custom software can be written using the included LabVIEW™ Virtual Instrument Library to allow for integration into custom applications.
Key Features
High transmission
Compact optical housing design
Computer controlled
Phase or amplitude modulation
Optical head specifications | |
Retarder material | Nematic liquid crystal |
Substrate material | Optically quality synthetic fused silica |
Center wavelength | 450-1800nm (specify) |
Modulation range | |
Phase (min) amplitude | 1λ optical path difference 0-100% |
Retardance uniformity | <2%rms variation over clear aperture |
Transmitted wavefront distortion | ≤ λ/4 (P-V @ 633) [≤ λ/10 (RMS @ 633)] |
Surface quality | 40-20 scratch-dig |
Beam deviation | < 2 arc min |
Transmittance | > 90% (without polarizers) |
Reflectance (per surface) | ≤ 0.5% at nominal incidence |
Dimension | 7.00 x 2.96 x 0.74 in |
Recommended safe operating limit | 500W/cm², CW 300mJ/cm², 10ns, 532nm |
Temperature range | 10 - 45 °C |
Controller specifications | |
Output voltage | 2kHz ac square wave digitally adjustable 0-10 Vrms |
Voltage resolution | 2.44mV (12 bit) |
Computer interface | USB |
Power requirements | 100 – 240VAC @ 47-63Hz, 1A |
Dimensions | 9.50 x 6.25 x 1.50 in |
Weight | 2 lbs. |
Note that the D31258 in included with the purchase of the SLM system |
Ordering information | |||
Name | Pixel geometry | Version | Part number |
1 x 128 | 98 μm x 4 mm linear | Phase | SSP – 128P - λ |
Amplitude | SSP – 128A - λ | ||
Hexagonal 127 | 1 mm across flat | Phase | Hex – 127P - λ |
Amplitude | Hex – 127A - λ | ||
Please specify your operating wavelength λ in nm when ordering. Custom SLM sizes and formats are available |
Optional polarizers | ||
Type | Wavelength range (nm) | Part number |
Visible | 450 - 700 | SDP – VIS |
Near infrared 1 | 775 – 890 | SDP – IR1 |
Includes optics & mounts for simple phase or amplitude experiments. Available pre-aligned and ready to use over 405 - 1550 nm. Available with optional camera and laser.
Spend your time on important research rather than designing an optical system for your SLM. The SLM Optics Kit provides you with a set of optics and cage-mount components enabling the user to start research with the SLM system immediately. The kit includes a Half-Wave Retarder, a pair of Linear Polarizers, lenses, and all necessary mount hardware, including a custom adapter plate to quickly align the SLM system to the optics in an off-axis configuration. Optional items are also available including a laser, beam expander optics, and a camera. This approach provides optimum efficiency with minimal design effort.
Optics Kit includes:
Polarizers and waveplates
Beam expander
Lenses
Tip/tilt stage
Base plate and posts
Laser and camera (optional)
The 1-Photon SLM Microscopy Kit is a scan-less SLM-based epi-fluorescence upright microscope that enables three dimensional calcium imaging and/or photoactivation of neurons in brain slices. The microscope can be used to excite and monitor activity of neuronal ensembles, enabling studies of neuronal circuit activity both in vitro and in vivo. Add-on to existing microscope or use as stand-alone microscope.
KEY FEATURES
Scan-less SLM-based
Fully functional programmable excitation system
Brightfield and/or Epifluorescence microscope
3D calcium imaging capability
Point and click software to define excitation patterns
Our cube provides researchers with a portable, stand-alone, optical tweezers system just one cubic foot in size. This compact instrument allows a user to optically trap and thus physically manipulate hundreds of microscopic objects in three dimensions (3D) using computer control to set and move each optical trap independently.
Optical trapping can be used to manipulate objects ranging in size from 10’s of nanometers to 10’s of microns and objects with a variety of material characteristics. Trapping examples include cellular organisms, dielectric spheres, metallic spheres, metallic nanoshells, carbon nanotubes, air bubbles, and even water droplets in air.
One application of the CUBE includes biological research. This tool enables measurements of cell properties and controlled studies of how cells interact with foreign objects. Another application example is trapping metallic objects and carbon nanotubes for engineering materials with unique thermal and electrical properties.
KEY FEATURES
Complete optical trapping system
3D particle manipulation using holographic beam control
100’s of traps (demonstrated 400)
High temporal trap stability
Spatially uniform trapping across 200x200 micron field of view
Application Notes: 3D Mapping of Neural Circuits In Vivo Opens the Window on Neurological Disease
Our spatial light modulator (SLM) is based on reflective liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) micro-display technology. The SLMs enable optical phase modulation freely and generate arbitrary 2D phase patterns on a LCOS pixel-by-pixel basis. SBN-RD series are our latest Full-HD LCOS model. The SLMs are suitable for various scientific and industrial applications, including beam shaping, wavefront correction and optical manipulations.
Applications:
HUD
Micro-projection
Holographic imaging
Optical communication
Optical forceps
Light field regulation
Adaptive optics
Beam shaping
Laser processing
Product model naming rules:
Serial Number - Modulation Type - modulation Mode - Resolution - Pixel Size - Window - Optional wavelength - Others
For example: SBNA-PP2K-6355-NIR-H, SBNA series, Phase modulation, analog control, resolution 1920*1080, pixel 6.3m, window 0.55, wavelength NIR-H 1064nm (high power version)
Modulation type | Modulation mode | Resolution | Pixel size | Window size | Optional wavelength | |
SBNA SBNB SBNC SBNE | A=Amplitude P=Phase | P=Analog D=Digital | 4K=4090*2160 4K2=3840*2160 2K=1920*1080 1K=1280*720 | 36=3.6mm 38=3.8mm 45=4.5mm 60=6.0mm 63=6.3mm 80=8,0mm | 26=0.26” 39=0.39” 52=0.52” 55=0.55” 62=0.62” 69=0.69” 70=0.70” 72=0.72” 78=0.78” | VIS=430nm-750nm NIR=1000nm-1100nm TEC=1530nm-1565nm Specific wavelength, such as 1064nm |
This series of spatial light modulators (SLMS) are a high-resolution version of digital silicon based liquid crystals (LCoS). It provides up to 4160×2460 resolution and allows dynamic adjustment of modulation region, so it is suitable for multi - mode or single - mode high - resolution optical system applications.
Features/Advantages:
Easily calibrated
Digital drive, flexible modulation
Easy to use, plug and play
Good linearity of amplitude/phase gray curve
High resolution, high phase accuracy and good phase stability
Serial number | Modulation type | Modulation mode | Resolution | Pixel size | Window size | Operating wavelength |
SBNA | A=Amplitude P=Phase | D=Digital | 4K=4096*2160 | 38=3.8mm | 70=0.7” | VIS=430nm-750nm NIR=1000nm-1100nm TEC=1530nm-1565nm |
SBNB | A=Amplitude P=Phase | D=Digital | 4K2=3840*2160 | 36=3.6mm | 62=0.62” | VIS=430nm-750nm NIR=1000nm-1100nm TEC=1530nm-1565nm |
SBNC | A=Amplitude P=Phase | D=Digital | 4K=3840*2160 | 45=4.5mm | 78=0.78” | VIS=430nm-750nm NIR=1000nm-1100nm TEC=1530nm-1565nm |
This series of spatial light modulators (SLMS) are a high refresh rate version of analog silicon based liquid crystals (LCoS). It allows dynamic adjustment of the modulation region and is suitable for multimode or single-mode high resolution optical system applications. Its ability to accurately control wavefront phase is applicable to various applications of optical field modulation.
Features/Advantages:
Analog drive
Low power consumption
High contrast
High refresh rate
Serial number | Modulation type | Modulation mode | Resolution | Pixel size | Window size | Operating wavelength |
SBNB SBNC | A=Amplitude | P=Analog | 2K=1920*1080 | 45=4.5mm | 39=0.39” | VIS=430nm-750nm NIR=1000nm-1100nm |
SBNC | A=Amplitude | P=Analog | 1K=1280*720 | 45=4.5mm | 26=0.26” | VIS=430nm-750nm NIR=1000nm-1100nm |
SBNC | A=Amplitude P=Phase | P=Analog | 2K=1920*1080 | 60=6mm | 52=0.52” | VIS=430nm-750nm NIR=1000nm-1100nm TEC=1530nm-1565nm |
This series of spatial light modulators (SLMS) simulate regular versions of silicon-based liquid crystals (LCoS). It has the advantages of high phase stability, good phase gray linearity and high reliability, so it is suitable for various application fields of optical field modulation.
Features/Advantages:
Analog drive
Phase stability
Good phase linearity
Low power consumption
Serial number | Modulation type | Modulation mode | Resolution | Pixel size | Window size | Optional wavelength |
SBNB | A=Amplitude P=Phase | P=Analog | 2K=1920*1080 | 63=6.3mm | 55=0.55” | VIS=430nm-750nm TEC=1525nm-1572nm |
SBNA | A=Amplitude P=Phase | P=Analog | 2K=1920*1080 | 80=8mm | 72=0.72” | VIS=430nm-750nm NIR=450nm-10640nm NIR-H=1064nm(High power version) TEC=1525nm-1572nm |
SBNC | A=Amplitude P=Phase | P=Analog | 2K=1920*1080 | 80=8mm | 69=0.69” | VIS=420nm-760nm TEC=1530nm-1570nm |
SBNE series spatial light modulator (SLM) is a product mainly developed for teaching and research in universities. It is the regular version of digital silicon based liquid crystal (LCoS). The control signal from processor to each pixel is in digital form, without digital to analog conversion. Its driving system is simple and compact, and the anti-noise performance is outstanding.
Features/Advantages:
Easily calibrated
Digital drive, flexible modulation
Easy to use, plug and play
Good linearity of amplitude/phase gray curve
High resolution, high phase accuracy and good phase stability
Serial number | Modulation type | Modulation mode | Resolution | Pixel size | Window size | Optional wavelength |
SBNE | A=Amplitude P=Phase | D=Digital | 2K=1920*1080 | 63=6.3mm | 55=0.55” | VIS=430nm-750nm NIR=450nm-10640nm TEC=1525nm-1572nm |
Features:
WUXGA (1920 x 1200) and Full-HD (1920 x 1080) available
Frame rate (60Hz or 120Hz)
Memory function
Triggers-input & output
Applications:
Beam steering
Wavefront correction
Pulse/Beam shaping
Diffractive optics
Optical manipulation
Programmable phase pattern
Technical Specifications:
Item | min | max | Units | Notes |
Operating wavelength range | 450 | 1064 | nm | (Refer to AR coating option) |
Panel size | (H)15.36 x (V)9.60 | mm | Active area | |
Pixel resolution | (H)1920 x (V)1200 | pixel | ||
Pixel size/pitch | 8.0 | µm | ||
Panel reflectivity | Typ.>80 | % | Depending on specified wavelength range | |
Aperture ratio | 95 | % | ||
Gray level | 10(1024) | bit | ||
Frame rate | 60 or 120 | Hz | Factory default setting | |
Phase depth | 2π | rad. | ||
Phase stability | Typ. <0.001π | rad. | ||
Response time | Typ. 300 | ms | ||
Interface | HDMI | - | 10-bit using RGB 8-bit, 3 colors | |
Operating temperature range | 15 | 35 | degC | No condensation |
Storage temperature | 0 | 40 | degC | No condensation |
Optical power handling | Typ.10 | W/cm2 | @1064nm, CW, 2.0mm beam diameter | |
Dimensions | 122.6x92.4x25.6 | mm | ||
Control software | GUI software and SDK for Windows | - |
The value is not guaranteed. Please contact us for technical support.
AR-coating Options:
Item | Parameter | Units | ||||
Ordering code number | -01 | -02 | -03 | -12 | -14 | - |
AR coating range | 450-550 | 750-850 | 1000-1100 | 400-700 | 450-550/1500-1600 | nm |
AR coating reflectance | <0.5 | <1.5 | <0.6 | % |
Angle of incidence = 0 degree
Typical laser wavelength 532nm, 630nm, 850nm, 1064nm and wide spectrum 405-1100nm available.
We are mainly engaged in the application technology research and development of digital micromirror spatial light modulator (Digital Micromirror Device-DMD). It is a high-tech enterprise specializing in the research and development, production and sales of hardware and software in digital light process (DLP) related fields such as semiconductor maskless lithography, computational imaging, compressed sensing and 3D detection. Our products include SFG-F3010, SFG-F4100, SFG-F4200, SFG-F4500, SFG-F4710, SFG-F4320, SFG-F6500, F SFG-9000, etc., widely used in scientific research, 3D scanning and LDI industries.
The company has been composed of young and middle-aged technical backbone R & D team, can be said to provide customers with DLP scheme design, DMD drive control system design and other services. At the heart of the digital micromirror spatial light modulator is the digital Micromirror device (DMD), an optical semiconductor module and a MEMS chip in which each lens can be deflected ±10deg, ±12deg or ±17deg respectively, around the hinged shaft. The DMD chip mainly regulates the rotation Angle of each micromirror on the chip according to different digital signals transmitted by the front-end circuit to the CMOS chip, so that the light irradiated on the micromirror can be selectively reflected to the imaging surface for imaging. Since the deflection of the lens is controlled separately by the underlying CMOS control circuit and the binary information of the reset signal of the lens, the optical field digital flower modulation can be realized. Because DMD is reflected by aluminized micromirror, almost no energy absorption, and controlled by CMOS technology, the speed, accuracy, energy and efficiency of light modulation are far more than other spatial light modulators. DMD technology is widely used, including spectral analysis, maskless lithography, 3D measurement, naked eye 3D display, holographic imaging, compressed sensing, biological microscopy, SLA 3D printing, machine vision, etc.
Operation Principle of Digital Micromirror Devices:
At heart of the Digital Micromirror spatial light modulator is the Digital Micromirror device (DMD), an optical semiconductor module and a MEMS chip in which each lens can be deflected ±10°, ±12°, or ±17.5°, respectively, around the articulated shaft. The DMD chip mainly regulates the rotation Angle of each micro mirror on the chip according to different digital signals transmitted by the front-end circuit of the CMOS chip, so that the light shin on the micro mirror can be selectively reflected on the imaging surface for imaging. Since the deflection of the lens is controlled solely by the underlying CMOS control circuit and the binary information of the lens reset signal, the digital modulation of the optical field can be realized. Because DMD is reflected by aluminized micro mirror, almost no energy absorption , and controlled by CMOS technology, the speed, accuracy, energy and efficiency of light modulation is far higher than other space light modulators. DMD technology is widely used, including spectral analysis, maskless lithography, 3D measurement, naked eye 3D display, holographic imaging, compressed sensing, biological microscopy, SLA 3D printing, machine vision, etc.
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