Opto-Electronic Science, Volume. 2, Issue 8, 230026-1(2023)

A review of liquid crystal spatial light modulators: devices and applications

Yiqian Yang1... Andrew Forbes2,* and Liangcai Cao1,** |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1Department of Precision Instruments, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  • 2School of Physics, University of the Witwatersrand, Wits, South Africa
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    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Aug. 10, 2023

    Accepted: Sep. 22, 2023

    Published Online: Jan. 22, 2024

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    DOI:10.29026/oes.2023.230026

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