Off-axis illumination design for DMD systems

John W. Bowron; Reginald P. Jonas

doi:10.1117/12.507347

12 November 2003 Off-axis illumination design for DMD systems

John W. Bowron, Reginald P. Jonas

Proceedings Volume 5186, Design of Efficient Illumination Systems; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.507347
Event: Optical Science and Technology, SPIE's 48th Annual Meeting, 2003, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Techniques for illumination of Digital Micro-mirror Devices (DMD's) are reviewed and evolution of the illumination design discussed by example over three generations of system. The use of a TIR prism for illumination and imaging beam combining is explained and equations for definition of the prism block provided.

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John W. Bowron and Reginald P. Jonas "Off-axis illumination design for DMD systems", Proc. SPIE 5186, Design of Efficient Illumination Systems, (12 November 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.507347

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