High Speed, Compact Spatial Light Modulator

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High Speed, Compact Spatial Light Modulator
Small Business Innovation Research
Boulder Nonlinear Systems, Inc.
Lafayette, CO

• INNOVATION
• Increased performance and resolution in a
• compact 512 x 512 spatial light modulator
• ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• First 512 x 512 display with 7 micron spacing
  with 1000 frames per second capability
• Ferroelectric liquid crystal technology provides
  high resolution, high contrast imaging
• COMMERCIALIZATION
• Commercial sales exceed 1 million
• Applications include optical correlators,
  volumetric 3-D displays and several more
  technical areas

Optical Correlators Can Provide Fast, Efficient
Location Recognition for Spacecraft Docking and
Landing

• GOVERNMENT/ SCIENCE APPLICATIONS
• Boulder Nonlinear Systems spatial light
  modulators have been used to construct optical
  correlators for efficient target recognition
• Technology under development for NASA small
  bodies exploration and Mars sample return missions

1997 Phase II NAS3-99133 NASA/JPL Contact
Tien-Hsin Chao Company Contact Kip Bauchert
Jet Propulsion Laboratory Success Story 64