Victor Company of Japan, Limited

Dai Imanishi

Shigeo Shimizu

Masanobu Shigeta

Tadayuki Shimada

Toshio Konno

Atsushi Nakano

Nozomu Ohkouchi

Hiromitsu Takenaka

Hiroyuki Natsuhori

Kazushige Ohtawara

A spatial light modulation device of the type, in which information is written to a photoconductor by a light writing portion and read light impinging on a light modulator is reflected by a reflection portion. This spatial light modulation device is provided with a dielectric mirror mounted on a reflection surface of the photoconductor, which surface is opposed to the other surface on which write light is incident. The reflection surface of the photoconductor reflects lights having wavelengths near a wavelength at which the photoconductor has a maximum sensitivity. Thereby, the spatial light modulation device can have a high sensitivity.

Spatial light modulation device

A spatial light modulator capable of displaying a good contrast and high resolution moving pictures without an after-image effect is disclosed. The modulator comprises a pair of transparent electrodes for generating an electric field therebetween and at least a photoconductive member and a photo modulation member being laminated and interposed between the transparent electrodes, the photoconductive member is a film having a thickness ranged from 10 .mu.m to 30 .mu.m and is made of hydrogenated amorphous silicon doped with boron such that an amount of the boron with respect to silicon in the hydrogenated amorphous silicon in atomic percent is, 0.1 to 1.0 ppm. To enhance the modulator performance, a thickness of the photoconductive member is so selected to have light absorptance ranged 70% to 95% at a wavelength of a writing light which writes information in the modulator.

Spatial light modulator with photoconductor of hydrogenated amorphous

An information recording medium includes a first transparent electrode, and a carrier transport layer formed on the first transparent electrode for generating an electric current on the basis of fed carriers. A carrier generation layer formed on the carrier transport layer serves to generate carriers corresponding to a distribution of an intensity of incident information-writing light containing information, and serves to feed the generated carriers to the carrier transport layer. An electric power supply electrically connected to the first transparent electrode serves to generate an electric field corresponding to the distribution of the intensity of the incident information-writing light in cooperation with the carrier transport layer and the carrier generation layer. A photo-modulation layer formed on the carrier generation layer serves to record the information in the incident information-writing light in response to an application of the electric field generated by the electric power supply, and serves to modulate applied information-reading light in accordance with the recorded information. The photo-modulation layer is made of a complex member of high-molecule material and liquid crystal. A second transparent electrode is formed on the photo-modulation layer, and is electrically connected to the electric power supply. The carrier generation layer is made of inorganic material. The carrier generation layer may be made of organic material. In this case, a separating layer is provided between the photo-modulation layer and the carrier generation layer.

Information recording medium

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