Electron-Beam-Addressed Microchannel Spatial Light Modulator
Abstract
A vacuum-demountable prototype electron-beam-addressed spatial light modulator that consists essentially of an electron gun, a microchannel plate, and an electro-optic crystal is being investigated. This paper discusses the underlying principles of operation of the device, which include the interaction of an electron beam with a microchannel plate and the addressing of an electro-optic crystal with a flux of nonmonoenergetic electrons.
- Publication:
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Optical Engineering
- Pub Date:
- February 1985
- DOI:
- 10.1117/12.7973437
- Bibcode:
- 1985OptEn..24..119S
- Keywords:
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- Addressing;
- Electron Optics;
- Light Modulation;
- Microchannel Plates;
- Optical Data Processing;
- Spatial Filtering;
- Crystal Optics;
- Electro-Optics;
- Electron Beams;
- Electron Guns;
- Image Processing;
- Light Valves;
- Prototypes;
- Optics