Speckle-noise suppression using electro-optical cell with helix- free ferroelectric LC

Autor: N. V. Zalyapin, T B Andreeva, A. L. Andreev, I. N. Kompanets, Rostislav S. Starikov
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 737:012019
ISSN: 1742-6596
1742-6588
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/737/1/012019
Popis: The authors develop an original and promising method of suppressing the speckle- noise in images generated by a laser beam by means of a compact despeckler based on an electro-optical cell with the smectic ferroelectric liquid crystal (FLC), realizing spatially inhomogeneous phase modulation of light. The mechanisms of destruction of the phase relations in the laser beam passing through a cell with helix-free FLC are discussed. The electric field induces the light scattering and small-scale randomly distributed gradients of the refractive index in FLC layer. The features and benefits of a despeckler using helix-free FLC compared to helix FLC are indicated.
Databáze: OpenAIRE