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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2014
Applicant:
United States Government As Represented BY the Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Washington, DC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 26/00 (2006.01); G02B 21/06 (2006.01); G03F 7/20 (2006.01); G03B 21/20 (2006.01); G03B 21/00 (2006.01); B29C 67/00 (2017.01); G02B 13/00 (2006.01); G02B 26/08 (2006.01); H01S 3/00 (2006.01); G02B 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/70025 (2013.01); B29C 67/0066 (2013.01); G02B 13/0095 (2013.01); G02B 21/0024 (2013.01); G02B 21/0076 (2013.01); G02B 21/06 (2013.01); G02B 26/0833 (2013.01); G03B 21/005 (2013.01); G03B 21/2033 (2013.01); G03F 7/70291 (2013.01); G03F 7/70416 (2013.01); H01S 3/0057 (2013.01); H01S 3/0085 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided that combine an amplitude modulation SLM with a phase modulating SLM in the same optical illumination system. The combination of the amplitude modulation SLM and the phase modulation SLM allows the optical illumination to compensate for the limitations of amplitude modulation SLM by using phase modulating SLM and conversely to compensate for the limitations of phase modulation SLM by using amplitude modulating SLM.