New electro-optic light valve device for image storage and processing
- 1 August 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 21 (3), 83-85
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1654299
Abstract
A new electro‐optic light valve, based on the Pockels effect in a KD2PO4 crystal addressed by photoconduction, is described. At the present stage, the picture exhibits a resolution of 20 lp/mm (line pairs/mm), a very uniform contrast of 40/1, and an extensive grey scale; the writing time is less than 10 μsec. The device allows image addition and image subtraction and can be used as an input device in optical coherent processors.Keywords
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