System and method for calculating aerial image of a spatial light modulator
First Claim
1. A method of calculating an aerial image, comprising:
- calculating pair-wise interference between pixels of a spatial light modulator array;
calculating effective graytones corresponding to modulation states of the pixels; and
calculating the aerial image based on the pair-wise interference and the effective graytones.
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Abstract
A method of calculating an aerial image of a spatial light modulator array includes calculating pair-wise interference between pixels of the spatial light modulator array; calculating effective graytones corresponding to modulation states of the pixels; and calculating the aerial image based on the pair-wise interference and the effective graytones. The graytones depend only on the modulation states of the pixels. The pair-wise interference depends only on position variables. The position variables are position in an image plane and position in a plane of a source of electromagnetic radiation. The pair-wise interference can be represented by a matrix of functions. The pair-wise interference can be represented by a four dimensional matrix. The effective graytones are approximated using sinc functions, or using polynomial functions.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of calculating an aerial image, comprising:
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calculating pair-wise interference between pixels of a spatial light modulator array;
calculating effective graytones corresponding to modulation states of the pixels; and
calculating the aerial image based on the pair-wise interference and the effective graytones. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for calculating an aerial image, comprising:
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means for calculating pair-wise interference between pixels of a spatial light modulator array;
means for calculating effective graytones corresponding to modulation states of the pixels; and
means for calculating the aerial image based on the pair-wise interference and the effective graytones. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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