Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Spatial light modulator, and spatial light modulating method
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Application No.: US13985214Application Date: 2012-02-10
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Publication No.: US09250459B2Publication Date: 2016-02-02
- Inventor: Tomoko Otsu , Naoya Matsumoto , Yuu Takiguchi
- Applicant: Tomoko Otsu , Naoya Matsumoto , Yuu Takiguchi
- Applicant Address: JP Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka
- Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
- Current Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka
- Agency: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
- Priority: JPP2011-029913 20110215
- International Application: PCT/JP2012/053169 WO 20120210
- International Announcement: WO2012/111570 WO 20120823
- Main IPC: G02F1/133
- IPC: G02F1/133 ; G09G3/36

Abstract:
A spatial light modulation device includes a liquid crystal layer modulating a phase of incident light according to a level of an applied electric field, a temperature sensor generating a temperature signal corresponding to a temperature of the liquid crystal layer, a plurality of pixel electrodes provided for each of a plurality of pixels and applying a voltage to the liquid crystal layer, and a driving device providing a voltage to the plurality of pixel electrodes. The driving device has a nonvolatile storage element storing in advance a coefficient α included in a function expressing a correlation between a temperature change amount in the liquid crystal layer and a variation in phase modulation amount in the liquid crystal layer, and performs a calculation for correcting a level of voltage by use of a temperature indicated by the temperature signal and the coefficient α.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140036206A1 SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATOR, AND SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATING METHOD Public/Granted day:2014-02-06
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