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¹Department de Física, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain.

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Digital addressing in liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) displays causes phase fluctuations, reducing diffraction efficiency. A stable electrical sequence minimizes these fluctuations, improving performance in diffractive optics applications.

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Area of Science:

Optics
Materials Science
Electrical Engineering

Background:

Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCoS) displays utilize digital addressing for spatial light modulation.
This digital addressing can induce temporal phase fluctuations in optical beams.
Such fluctuations may negatively impact the performance of diffractive optical elements (DOEs).

Purpose of the Study:

To characterize phase fluctuations in LCoS displays under different digital addressing sequences.
To develop a diffractive model for evaluating DOE modulation diffraction efficiency with phase fluctuations.
To identify the optimal addressing sequence for minimizing efficiency reduction.

Main Methods:

Experimental characterization of fluctuation amplitude and phase depth for three digital addressing sequences.
Development of a diffractive model to predict modulation diffraction efficiency.
Numerical calculation and comparison with experimental results.

Main Results:

Different digital addressing sequences exhibit varying degrees of temporal phase fluctuations.
A specific, highly stable electrical sequence resulted in the best modulation diffraction efficiency.
This optimal sequence achieved good performance despite a limited phase depth of 280 degrees.

Conclusions:

Temporal phase fluctuations from digital addressing in LCoS displays are a significant factor affecting DOE performance.
The proposed diffractive model accurately predicts modulation diffraction efficiency in the presence of phase fluctuations.
Selecting the most stable electrical addressing sequence is crucial for maximizing diffraction efficiency in diffractive optics applications.