Applications of spatial light modulators in Raman spectroscopy

Advances in consumer display screen technologies have historically been adapted by researchers across the fields of optics as they can be used as electronically controlled spatial light modulators (SLMs) for a variety of uses. The performance characteristics of such SLM devices based on liquid cryst...

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Main Authors: Sinjab, Faris, Liao, Zhiyu, Notingher, Ioan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE 2019
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/56026/
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Liao, Zhiyu
Notingher, Ioan
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description Advances in consumer display screen technologies have historically been adapted by researchers across the fields of optics as they can be used as electronically controlled spatial light modulators (SLMs) for a variety of uses. The performance characteristics of such SLM devices based on liquid crystal (LC) and digital-micro-mirror device (DMD) technologies in particular has developed to the point where they are compatible with increasingly sensitive instrumental applications, for example Raman spectroscopy. SLMs provide additional flexibility, from modulation of the laser excitation (including multiple laser foci patterns), manipulation of microscopic samples (optical trapping) or selection of sampling volume (adaptive optics or spatially offset Raman spectroscopy), to modulation in the spectral domain for high-resolution spectral filtering or multiplexed/compressive fast detection. Here, we introduce the benefits of different SLM devices as a part of Raman instrumentation, and provide a variety of recent example applications which have benefited from their incorporation into a Raman system.
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spelling nottingham-560262019-04-17T08:50:32Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/56026/ Applications of spatial light modulators in Raman spectroscopy Sinjab, Faris Liao, Zhiyu Notingher, Ioan Advances in consumer display screen technologies have historically been adapted by researchers across the fields of optics as they can be used as electronically controlled spatial light modulators (SLMs) for a variety of uses. The performance characteristics of such SLM devices based on liquid crystal (LC) and digital-micro-mirror device (DMD) technologies in particular has developed to the point where they are compatible with increasingly sensitive instrumental applications, for example Raman spectroscopy. SLMs provide additional flexibility, from modulation of the laser excitation (including multiple laser foci patterns), manipulation of microscopic samples (optical trapping) or selection of sampling volume (adaptive optics or spatially offset Raman spectroscopy), to modulation in the spectral domain for high-resolution spectral filtering or multiplexed/compressive fast detection. Here, we introduce the benefits of different SLM devices as a part of Raman instrumentation, and provide a variety of recent example applications which have benefited from their incorporation into a Raman system. SAGE 2019-03-16 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/56026/1/Applications%20of%20spatial%20light%20modulators%20in%20Raman%20spectroscopy_proof.pdf Sinjab, Faris, Liao, Zhiyu and Notingher, Ioan (2019) Applications of spatial light modulators in Raman spectroscopy. Applied Spectroscopy . ISSN 1943-3530 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0003702819834575 doi:10.1177/0003702819834575 doi:10.1177/0003702819834575
spellingShingle Sinjab, Faris
Liao, Zhiyu
Notingher, Ioan
Applications of spatial light modulators in Raman spectroscopy
title Applications of spatial light modulators in Raman spectroscopy
title_full Applications of spatial light modulators in Raman spectroscopy
title_fullStr Applications of spatial light modulators in Raman spectroscopy
title_full_unstemmed Applications of spatial light modulators in Raman spectroscopy
title_short Applications of spatial light modulators in Raman spectroscopy
title_sort applications of spatial light modulators in raman spectroscopy
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