Wave-front engineering by use of transparent elastomeric optical elements

John A. Rogers; Olivier J.A. Schueller; Christian Marzolin; George M. Whitesides

doi:10.1364/AO.36.005792

Wave-front engineering by use of transparent elastomeric optical elements

John A. Rogers, Olivier J.A. Schueller, Christian Marzolin, George M. Whitesides

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Abstract

We describe a class of devices based on elastomeric optical phase gratings. These devices operate by reversibly controlling the phase of transmitted or reflected light by mechanical compression of the transparent elastomer. An optical modulator and an element in an optical display demonstrate two possible applications.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	5792-5795
Number of pages	4
Journal	Applied Optics
Volume	36
Issue number	23
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.36.005792
State	Published - Aug 10 1997
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Elastomer
Modulator
Phase grating
Spatial light modulator

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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