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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Digital micromirror device"”.
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Optical tweezers using the Texas Instruments' Digital Micromirror Device(tm)
Thesis (M.Eng. and S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2001.
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The Strain Gradient Effect on Material Behavior at the Micron and Submicron Scales
… we focus our interest on a MEMS structure---digital micromirror device (DMD) and find that the strain gradient effect significantly increases the mechanical strain energy in the DMD and reduces the rotation time of the micromirror.
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Light source selection and optical design of a UV absorption based detector for liquid chromatography
… on a modular LED architecture and employing a digital micromirror device to modulate the light used in detection. The expected capabilities of a detector employing the design are derived and then compared to existing UV absorption detectors for liquid chromatography. The strategy presented in …
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Smart optical imaging systems with automated electronics
… of this dissertation involves the use of the Digital Micromirror Device (DMD) deployed within several smart optical designs including an embedded laser beam profiler and a new camera idea which is inspired by the Telecommunication science field. Specifically, proposed and demonstrated is the …
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Smart photonics in imaging and sensing
… beam imager and spectrum analyser deploying a Digital Micromirror Device is described and demonstrated. The performance of the proposed laser beam imager is experimentally compared versus a commercial industrially deployed profiler, for a custom-made donut shaped 633 nm laser beam. Experimental …
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Controlling ultracold fermions under a quantum gas microscope
… optical potential imprinting ability. Using a digital micromirror device (DMD), a 2D box potential was created with the sharpness of a few lattice sites. A homogenous 2D Hubbard system is created at half-filling in this box potential. Using a magnetic gradient, different spin states were …
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Precise optical manipulation techniques for exploring neuronal function
… of uncaging sites. The incorporation of a digital micromirror device (DMD) in the setup allows high-speed independent switching of individual focal spots, enabling control over the temporal organisation of uncaging events. Together, the SLM-DMD combination offers unprecedented flexibility …
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Precise optical manipulation techniques for exploring neuronal function
… of uncaging sites. The incorporation of a digital micromirror device (DMD) in the setup allows high-speed independent switching of individual focal spots, enabling control over the temporal organisation of uncaging events. Together, the SLM-DMD combination offers unprecedented flexibility …
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Light Stimulation of Sensory Hair Cells
… Using an illumination system containing a digital micromirror device, I localized the absorptive element responsible for hair-bundle motion to the region directly below the bundle. The absorbers appeared to be mitochondrial chromophores that release the absorbed energy as heat. In …
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Traps, Tensions and Transmissions: The Unionisation of Resistance Movements against External Destabilising Forces; Design, Development and Deployment of Holographic System for Active Surveillance and Targeted Manipulation
… confocal unit, a spatial light modulator and a digital micromirror device, and is able to elucidate the dynamics of molecules, measure local forces, and re-localise or switch molecular behaviour. Here, we present the first application of this hybrid system to the study of cell shape regulation …
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Novel DMD-based Lidar and Display Systems
Digital Micromirror Devices (DMD) have been used in prescribed optical architectures for decades with very little deviation. These prescribed architectures most commonly include F-number-limited illumination to project a binary spatially-modulated DMD to a distant plane. Rather, this dissertation …
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Characterization of Oligonucleotide Microarray Hybridization: Microarray Fabrication by Light-Directed in situ Synthesis – Development of an Automated DNA Microarray Synthesizer, Characterization of Single Base Mismatch Discrimination and the Position-Dependent Influence of Point Defects on Oligonucleotide Duplex Binding Affinities
… on the basis of a spatial light modulator (Digital Micromirror Device, DMD, Texas Instruments Inc.). A microscope projection photolithography system is employed to project the virtual masks (i.e. the photomask images shown on the DMD) onto the surface of the microarray substrate. Spatially …
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A spin on compressive sensing imaging : reticle-based single-pixel imaging system
… frequency modulation (FM) reticles as imaging devices was analyzed to determine the capability of such a system in general imaging scenarios. It was found that the frequency versus angle and radius reticle, termed FM-AR reticle, could only image simple scenes consisting of only a few targets. …
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Novel smart modules for imaging, communications, and displays
… environment and application using programmable devices, specifically, electronically variable focus lenses (ECVFLs) and digital micromirror devices (DMD). The proposed modules include imagers for laser characterization and general purpose imaging which smartly adapt to changes in irradiance, …