Title :
Liquid crystal adaptive optics
Author :
Love, Gordon D. ; Naumov, Alexander F.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Durham Univ., UK
Abstract :
This paper describes the recent progress in using liquid crystals in adaptive optics. In particular we describe work on liquid crystal phase modulators as lenses and wavefront controllers.
Keywords :
aberrations; adaptive optics; electro-optical modulation; lenses; liquid crystal devices; optical prisms; LC prism; aberration correction; lenses; liquid crystal adaptive optics; liquid crystal phase modulators; modal addressing; wavefront controllers; wavefront shaping; Adaptive optics; Control systems; Electrodes; Lenses; Liquid crystals; Optical control; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Shape; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2002. LEOS 2002. The 15th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7500-9
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2002.1159412
