A new patent application from GE/Concept Laser proposes tighter real time control over laser energy in powder bed fusion ...

Liquid crystal spatial light modulators (LC-SLMs) and wavelength selective switches (WSSs) represent pivotal components in modern photonics, enabling dynamic control over light properties in a variety ...

Spatial Light Modulators that use both translucent and reflective liquid crystal micro-display technology to dynamically modify the amplitude and/or phase of incident light one pixel at a time. Users ...

Light Publishing Center, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics And Physics, CAS Complex modulation of optical fields (i.e., the control of light’s amplitude and phase) is vital to the ...

Ars Technica has been separating the signal from the noise for over 25 years. With our unique combination of technical savvy and wide-ranging interest in the technological arts and sciences, Ars is ...

Numerical examples for explaining the basic procedure for computational light control. (a) Single-lens optical imaging system with three distributed apertures. (b) Phase tilt is added to the small ...

Researchers at Skoltech have developed an ultra-compact electro-optic modulator based on silicon photonics and plasmonics ...