A light valve (LV) is a device for varying the quantity of light, from a source, which reaches a target. Examples of targets are computer screen surfaces, or a wall screen in the case of a light projector.
A Light Valve is a technology used in projection display devices and thermal printing heads, involving the modulation of light for various applications such as cinema projectors and commercial printing.
The grating light valve (GLV) is a "micro projection" technology that operates using a dynamically adjustable diffraction grating. It competes with other light valve technologies such as Digital Light Processing (DLP) and liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) for implementation in video projector devices such as rear-projection televisions .
New device is based same CMOS process and materials used in the proven GLV technology, but arranges pixels in a 2-dimensional, close-packed array. New device inherits desirable properties of GLV and extends applications where GLV could not be used.
The GLV technology represents a unique approach to light modulation and offers remarkable performance in terms of contrast, efficiency, switching speed, and cost. The electro-mechanical response of the GLV device can be tuned through various design and operational modes to deliver desired performance for a given application.
The Grating Light Valve (GLV®) is a high-performance spatial light modulator composed of thousands of free-standing silicon-nitride micro-ribbons anchored on the surface of a silicon chip.
2021年5月14日 · High Power MEMS Planar Light Valve Abstract: The PLV supports modulation of over 500W of laser power for materials processing. It provides a line beam with 1088 individually addressable pixels and 200kHz switching speed.