2925 results about "Light modulation" patented technology

The invention discloses a special environment laser radar system and method based on polarization modulation and laser coding. The laser radar system comprises a polarization modulation laser emitting unit, a multi-channel receiving unit and a compressed sensing reconstruction unit. The polarization modulation laser emission unit comprises a laser, a beam expanding module, a spatial light modulator, a micro galvanometer array, a spatial filter and a first focusing lens which are arranged in sequence; the multi-channel receiving unit comprises a second focusing lens, a polarization beam splitter and a single-pixel detector array which are arranged in sequence; and the compressed sensing reconstruction unit comprises a compressed sensing processing module, an image reconstruction module and a loop adaptive control module which are arranged in sequence. The anti-interference capability in a complex environment is enhanced through polarization modulation, the detection resolution and the signal-to-noise ratio are improved in combination with laser coding, the imaging quality and stability of the laser radar in a special environment are greatly improved, and the method can be widely applied to the fields of military reconnaissance, disaster rescue, unmanned driving and the like.

The embodiment of the invention provides an electro-optical modulator and a light quantum computer. The electro-optical modulator comprises an electrode assembly and an optical waveguide assembly. The electrode assembly comprises a positive signal electrode, a negative signal electrode, a first grounding electrode and a second grounding electrode, and the positive signal electrode and the negative signal electrode are arranged between the first grounding electrode and the second grounding electrode. The optical waveguide assembly is configured to bear optical signals and comprises a first optical waveguide and a second optical waveguide, the first optical waveguide is located between the positive signal electrode and the negative signal electrode and used for bearing first optical signals, and the second optical waveguide is located between the first grounding electrode and the positive signal electrode or between the second grounding electrode and the negative signal electrode and used for bearing second optical signals. The carrier is used for bearing second optical signals. Constant-amplitude voltage signals with opposite phases are applied to the positive signal electrode and the negative signal electrode which are tightly coupled, so that the modulation efficiency can be improved, and the common-mode noise can be reduced.

The invention provides a liquid crystal dopant with thermal-photoelectric triple response and an application of the liquid crystal dopant on intelligent glass. The molecular formula of the liquid crystal dopant is shown as a formula (1). The liquid crystal dopant is doped in a liquid crystal material, can respond to temperature, illumination and an electric field at the same time by combining the unique optical and electrical characteristics of the liquid crystal material, and adapts to various environment requirements; a plurality of optical states can be provided to meet energy-saving requirements in different scenes; the light modulation rate is high, the haze is large, and the privacy protection function is strong; the material is simple in preparation process, few in synthesis steps, good in stability and low in raw material cost, can be applied to the fields of residences, commercial buildings, automobiles, airplane windows and the like, and has a wide application prospect.

The invention belongs to the related technical field of lasers, and provides a high-power subnanosecond-nanosecond laser in order to solve the problems that the range adjustment and the application range of an existing laser are limited, and the structural stability needs to be improved. A modulation semiconductor seed source, an optical fiber pre-amplifier, a light beam isolation system, a high repetition frequency solid pre-amplifier, an acousto-optic modulator frequency reduction module and a multi-stage solid single-pass main amplifier are sequentially arranged along an optical path, continuous adjustable output of repetition frequency and pulse width is achieved, the adjustable range of the repetition frequency is 100 kHz to 1 MHz, the adjustable range of the pulse width is 100 ps to 10 ns, and the adjustable range of the pulse width is 100 ps to 10 ns. The laser power and the light beam quality are remarkably improved, and the method is suitable for the fields of high-precision micromachining, nonlinear optical research, medical cosmetology and the like.

A wide-field dynamic magnetic imaging device and method. The wide-field dynamic magnetic imaging device comprises: a probe assembly (1), comprising a diamond (101) containing NV centers; a microwave magnetic field assembly (2) configured to generate a uniform microwave field and a uniform bias magnetic field in the vicinity of the diamond (101), so as to regulate the spin energy level of the diamond (101) and the quantum state evolution process; a laser modulation assembly (3) configured to output an initial uniform pulsed laser to excite the diamond (101) to emit fluorescence; a fringe light modulation assembly (4) configured to modulate the initial uniform pulsed laser to output a fringe pulsed laser, causing the fluorescence emitted by the diamond (101) to be fringe fluorescence, or to modulate the fluorescence emitted by the diamond (101) into fringe fluorescence; a fluorescence detection assembly (5) configured to perform spatial imaging on the fringe fluorescence to obtain magnetic field information of a sample under test (7), thereby obtaining an initial magnetic image of said sample (7); and a data processing assembly (6) configured to perform Fourier transform and inverse Fourier transform on the initial magnetic image to obtain a first magnetic image.

The invention discloses an optical frequency comb generation method and device based on Brillouin scattering and an electro-optical modulator, and belongs to the field of photoelectric measurement. The method comprises the steps that a first laser and a second laser are used for generating pump light and seed light respectively, multi-wavelength pump light is generated through a cascade electro-optical modulator, the pump light and the seed light are emitted into a Sagnac loop, an optical frequency comb is output through the forward Brillouin scattering effect of an optical fiber and the electro-optical modulator, and the seed light and the pump light are output. The polarization controller is adjusted to optimize polarization state matching of the pump light and the seed light, so that the Brillouin scattering effect reaches the maximum value. The device is composed of a laser, an electro-optical modulator, a signal generator, an optical amplifier, an optical isolator, an optical coupler, a polarization controller and an optical fiber. The optical fiber forward Brillouin scattering effect and the electro-optical modulator are combined, the optical frequency comb giving consideration to the wide frequency spectrum and the narrow interval is generated, meanwhile, the comb tooth interval of the optical frequency comb can be accurately controlled by independently adjusting the frequency of the signal generator, and accurate measurement of signals or objects is achieved.

The invention discloses a light spot shaping device based on wave plate polarization conversion and a use method, and relates to the technical field of laser processing, the device divides random polarized light into S / P light through a first polarization beam splitter (PBS), converts the S light into P light through a first 1 / 2 wave plate, modulates the S light through a conventional silicon-based liquid crystal spatial light modulator (LCoS SLM), and converts the P light into the S light through a second 1 / 2 wave plate. And the beams are combined by the second PBS. The method comprises the steps of light splitting, polarization conversion, phase modulation, beam combining, beam expanding and focusing and the like. The double 1 / 2 wave plates are combined with the conventional PBS, the laser energy utilization rate is higher than 85%, commercial SLM equipment is adapted, the machining efficiency of the shaped annular light spots is remarkably improved compared with that of Gaussian beams, the method is suitable for laser welding and metal 3D printing, and the problems of energy waste and high cost are solved.

The system comprises a projection module, an imaging module and a phase resolving module, the projection module comprises at least three light source units and light modulation units corresponding to the light source units, an emergent light path of at least one light source unit is provided with an optical coupling assembly, and the emergent light path of at least one light source unit is provided with an optical coupling assembly. The light modulation unit is used for carrying out gradient phase modulation on a light beam, and the optical coupling assembly couples a light path modulated by the light modulation unit to a coaxial light path of the imaging module; the imaging module is arranged on a path sharing the same optical axis with the optical coupling assembly and is used for acquiring a stripe image modulated on the surface of the measured object; the phase resolving module is used for solving a wrapping phase of the fringe image output by the imaging module and unwrapping the wrapping phase based on a quality image guided space phase unwrapping algorithm; while the high-frequency sine fringe generation capability is ensured, collaborative optimization of phase distribution and light intensity characteristics is realized, and the contradiction between device miniaturization and optical performance is effectively reconciled.

The invention relates to an integrated microcavity optical comb repetition frequency and optical frequency locking device and method, and belongs to the technical field of integrated microcavity optical combs. The locking device comprises a pumping module, a power amplification module, a phase modulation module, an electro-optic driving module, an acousto-optic modulation module, an acousto-optic driving module, a band-pass filtering module, a micro-ring resonant cavity and a beam splitting module; the device comprises a soliton detection module, a control module, a repetition frequency detection module, a first feedback control module, an acetylene frequency stabilized laser, a beat frequency module, an optical frequency beat frequency detection module and a second feedback control module. The locking device can achieve full frequency locking of the microcavity optical comb, has the advantages of being high in frequency stability, wide in servo bandwidth, simple and compact in structure, tight in locking, low in noise, high in reliability and low in cost, and can provide a powerful tool for the field of precision measurement.

The invention discloses a full-polarized light acoustic imaging method and device based on a vector absorption ball. The method comprises the following steps: expressing light absorption characteristics of a sample by establishing a mathematical model of the vector absorption ball; measuring the absorption intensity of the sample absorber under the exciting light in different polarization states through a photoacoustic signal; reconstructing a vector absorption ball of each point of the sample according to the absorption intensity of each point of the sample under different polarized exciting light; five structural parameters are extracted through the vector absorption balls at all points of the sample to reconstruct a structural characteristic diagram of the sample; the full-polarized light acoustic imaging device based on the vector absorption ball comprises a polarized pulse light modulation excitation module, a signal detection module, a two-dimensional scanning module and a signal processing module. The method provided by the invention overcomes the defect that the polarization absorption of the sample cannot be completely expressed by the traditional polarized light acoustic imaging, and realizes the measurement of the full-polarization absorption characteristic and the complete structure expression of the corresponding sample in the same set of light path.

The invention discloses a path planning method and device based on a photon pulse reinforcement learning network, and relates to the field of photon pulse reinforcement learning networks, and the method comprises the steps: adjusting the phase of each phase shifter in an explicit MZI network according to a multi-level pulse neural network, and configuring a weight matrix; carrying out pulse signal loading on the light source by using a light modulator to obtain an input signal; obtaining a plurality of linear calculation results by using the weight matrix and the input signal through an interference effect and a coupling effect; inputting the plurality of linear calculation results into the DFB-SA laser, and obtaining a nonlinear activation result by adjusting the injection current of a gain region of the laser and the reverse bias voltage of a saturation region of the laser; and taking the nonlinear activation result as a new input signal, and returning to the step of obtaining a plurality of linear calculation results by using the weight matrix and the input signal until calculation of all levels in the pulse neural network is completed, so that path planning which is high in speed, low in power consumption and easy to configure is realized.

The invention relates to the technical field of spectral imaging detection, in particular to a spontaneous-stimulated Raman co-localization single-cell substructure atlas analysis system and a spontaneous-stimulated Raman co-localization single-cell substructure atlas analysis method. The system comprises a femtosecond pulse excitation module used for outputting two beams of broadband femtosecond pulse laser with different frequencies and continuously adjustable optical power; the Stokes light modulation module is used for modulating the Stokes light and carrying out space beam combination on the Stokes light and the pump light; the pump light modulation module is used for modulating pump light; the spontaneous Raman laser continuous adjusting module is used for outputting spontaneous Raman laser; the stimulated Raman exciting light co-positioning module is used for combining the combined laser and the spontaneous Raman laser again, focusing the combined laser and the spontaneous Raman laser on a sample, exciting a stimulated Raman scattering signal, converting the stimulated Raman scattering signal into a digital signal and carrying out data acquisition; and the spectrum detection module is used for collecting the spontaneous Raman scattering light which is reflected and returned along the original light path, and collecting a spectrum signal to form a Raman spectrum. The method has the advantage of improving the accuracy of single-cell heterogeneity structure and cancer cell type discrimination.

An adjustment method of a laser processing apparatus includes a spatial light modulator adjustment step of adjusting a spatial light modulator into a state ready for splitting a laser beam emitted from a laser oscillator and applying a plurality of laser beams such that laser beams will have a desired positional relation, a processing mark formation step of operating the laser oscillator to apply the laser beams to a wafer such that a plurality of processing marks is formed, an imaging step of stopping the laser oscillator, and imaging the processing marks formed at the wafer, and an aberration correction step of correcting aberration of the condenser by comparing the desired positional relation and a positional relation among the imaged processing marks, and adjusting the spatial light modulator such that the positional relation among the processing marks conforms to the desired positional relation.

The invention discloses a transparent part defect detection method and system based on dual-optical-path phase deflection, and belongs to the technical field of optical detection. The system comprises a camera, a reflection light source, a spectroscope, a backlight light source and a processing unit. The detection method comprises the steps of primary measurement, product overturning, secondary measurement and defect comprehensive analysis and classification. A depth map and a modulation degree map of the surface of a product are obtained through reflective measurement, a phase difference map and a backlight modulation degree map are obtained through transmission-type zero reference surface differential measurement, multi-dimensional data are fused, and accurate detection and classification of concave and convex points, foreign matter, scratches and other defects are achieved according to preset logic. The method can effectively eliminate inherent errors of the system, realizes double-sided full detection without omission, is high in detection precision and accurate in defect classification, and is suitable for defect detection of transparent parts such as multilayer transparent glass.

The invention discloses a laser frequency stabilization system based on Faraday anomalous dispersion atomic filtering, which is used for carrying out frequency stabilization on phase modulation multi-sideband laser, and comprises a frequency doubling laser unit which is configured to comprise a fundamental frequency seed light source, an electro-optical modulator, a fundamental frequency amplifier and a frequency doubling crystal; the light splitting module unit is configured to split the frequency doubling light into a main output light path and a monitoring light path; the atomic optical rotation filter is located on the monitoring light path and is configured to maintain the purity of the frequency-stabilized laser spectrum through purification treatment under the control of the axial magnetic field and the temperature; the frequency stabilization unit is configured to be a frequency stabilization light path and a servo system, and the frequency stabilization light path is used for obtaining laser frequency information and generating an error signal; the servo system is used for controlling the frequency of the fundamental frequency seed light source according to the error signal feedback. According to the laser frequency stabilization system provided by the invention, the spectrum purification and frequency stabilization precision can be improved, so that high-frequency stability locking is realized.

The invention relates to the technical field of underwater imaging, in particular to an underwater multispectral ghost imaging system based on deep learning image super-resolution reconstruction, which comprises a light modulation module, a multispectral light intensity data acquisition module and a control and image reconstruction module, the control and image reconstruction module is respectively connected with the light modulation module and the multispectral light intensity data acquisition module, the control and image reconstruction module controls the light modulation module to modulate an illumination light beam and then project the illumination light beam to a target object, and the modulated illumination light beam is reflected by the target object and then received by the multispectral light intensity data acquisition module; and the multispectral light intensity data acquisition module sends the received reflected light beam to the control and image reconstruction module, image reconstruction is performed through a pre-trained deep neural network in the control and image reconstruction module, and a super-resolution image is output. The underwater multispectral ghost imaging system is provided in combination with a deep learning image super-resolution reconstruction algorithm, and the imaging quality and resolution are improved.

The invention relates to a packaging structure and packaging method for an optical module and an optical chip, and the packaging structure comprises a receiving end assembly, a stepped metal heat sink, and a silicon-based optical interconnection assembly which is pasted on the stepped metal heat sink. The silicon-based optical interconnection assembly comprises a laser, a silicon light beam splitter, a lens group, a light transmission compensation gasket, a silicon light modulator and an optical fiber array; coplanar coupling is formed between the laser and the silicon light beam splitter. The silicon light beam splitter and at least part of the collimating lens in the lens group are fixed on the light transmission compensation gasket; the optical fiber array and the silicon light modulator realize waveguide matching in an active coupling mode; the silicon light modulator and the receiving end assembly are separately arranged at least at a preset interval, and the optical fiber array and / or the receiving end assembly are / is covered with a metal isolation cover. According to the invention, the problems of high cost of multiple light sources, easy pollution of an open light path and yield bottleneck caused by low-reliability glue in the prior art are solved, and finally, a packaging scheme which is compact in structure, stable in process and high in mass production is formed.

The invention relates to a secondary harmonic characterization system based on spatial light regulation and control. The secondary harmonic characterization system comprises an incident light path unit, a detection light path unit and a sample table, the incident light path unit sequentially comprises a laser, a polarizer, a half-wave plate, a light modulator, a long-pass optical filter and an incident objective lens in the light beam incident direction; a wafer is carried on the sample table; the detection light path unit sequentially comprises an adjustable detection objective lens, a light path adjuster, a polarization analyzer, a short-pass optical filter and a detector in the light beam reflection direction; according to the SHG signal representation detected by the detector, all control parameters of the light modulator, the adjustable detection objective lens, the light path adjuster and the sample table are regulated and controlled, and the SHG signal receiving efficiency of the detector is improved. According to the invention, it is ensured that the detector efficiently receives the SHG signal, and the SHG characterization precision is improved.

The invention discloses a high-power picosecond pulse train laser with programmable sub-pulse energy and a method, and relates to the related technical field of lasers, the high-power picosecond pulse train laser comprises a mode-locked fiber laser, an acousto-optic modulator and a solid amplification chain which are sequentially arranged along an optical transmission path; the mode-locked fiber laser generates a mode-locked picosecond pulse sequence; the acousto-optic modulator performs pulse selection and pulse string grouping on the mode-locked picosecond pulse sequence, and performs pre-programming shaping on sub-pulse energy in a pulse string according to set intensity distribution to generate a pre-shaped pulse string; the solid amplification chain comprises at least one stage of solid amplifier, and the solid amplifier comprises a dichroscope, a laser gain crystal, a coupling optical assembly and an LD pumping source; and the dichroscope is used for focusing the pre-shaped pulse string amplified at the previous stage and the LD pump light transmitted by the coupling optical assembly into the laser gain crystal. Independent programmable regulation and control of the energy of each sub-pulse in the pulse string are realized, and the energy distribution of each sub-pulse in the pulse string can be flexibly adjusted.

The invention provides a spatial light modulator, a self-checking device thereof and a light computing device, and relates to the technical field of optical modulation.The spatial light modulator comprises an incident waveguide structure, a covering plate, a liquid crystal layer, a substrate and an emergent waveguide structure; the incident waveguide structure is optically coupled with the cover plate and is used for guiding externally incident laser into the cover plate at a preset angle; the covering plate is used for enabling laser to be propagated in the covering plate in a total reflection form; the substrate bears the liquid crystal layer, integrates the driving circuit and is used for applying regulation and control voltage to the liquid crystal layer; the liquid crystal layer is arranged on the lower side of the covering plate and used for conducting phase modulation on the laser transmitted to the liquid crystal layer in a total reflection mode in response to the regulation voltage. And the emergent waveguide structure is optically coupled with the covering plate and is used for guiding the laser modulated by the liquid crystal layer out of the covering plate to a free space. According to the spatial light modulator, efficient spatial modulation and accurate control of the light field are realized, so that the integration and function accuracy of the spatial light modulator in self-inspection and light calculation are improved.

A projector includes a first light source, a light modulator that modulates visible light output from the first light source to form a projection image, a first relay optical system that forms the projection image at a first position, an enlarging optical system, an invisible image generator that forms an invisible image made of invisible light, and a light combiner that is disposed in the optical path between the enlarging optical system and the light modulator and combines the visible light and the invisible light with each other into combined light. The invisible image is formed at a second position conjugate with the position where the projection image is formed. The enlarging optical system forms an image at the first position and projects the combined light to display the projection image and the invisible image on a single projection surface.

The invention discloses a rotor and stator axial clearance online measuring device and method based on optical carrier microwave interference. The measuring device comprises a broadband light source, a first polarization maintaining optical fiber, an electro-optical modulator, a second polarization maintaining optical fiber, an optical fiber circulator, a first single-mode optical fiber and a coated optical fiber probe which are connected in sequence, and the coated optical fiber probe directly faces the axial end face to be measured; a first port of the optical fiber circulator is connected with the second polarization maintaining optical fiber, a second port of the optical fiber circulator is connected with the first single-mode optical fiber, and a third port of the optical fiber circulator is sequentially connected with the second single-mode optical fiber, the photoelectric detector, the signal conditioning unit, the signal acquisition unit and the digital processing unit; the signal acquisition unit is connected with the micro-control unit, the micro-control unit is connected with the microwave frequency sweep signal generation unit, and the microwave frequency sweep signal generation unit is connected with the electro-optical modulator. According to the invention, non-contact on-line high-precision measurement of the axial clearance of the rotor and the stator of the aero-engine under the conditions of limited measurement space and complex signal leading-out path can be realized.

The invention discloses a cavity length locking and laser frequency stabilization system and method of a Fabry-Perot cavity. The cavity length locking system of the Fabry-Perot cavity comprises a laser, a laser modulation module, the Fabry-Perot cavity and a cavity length locking module. Wherein the laser modulation module is arranged at the emitting end of the laser and is used for receiving laser emitted by the laser, outputting first laser and second laser, emitting the first laser into the Fabry-Perot cavity from the first end of the Fabry-Perot cavity and emitting the second laser into the Fabry-Perot cavity from the second end of the Fabry-Perot cavity. And the cavity length locking module is connected with the Fabry-Perot cavity and the laser modulation module, and is used for locking the cavity length of the Fabry-Perot cavity in response to the first reflection laser reflected from the first end of the Fabry-Perot cavity and a signal received from the laser modulation module.

An optical modulator with which electrical connection between a signal electrode and signal wiring of a wiring substrate can be reliably made even in a case where a width of the signal electrode in an action portion of an optical control substrate is narrow is provided. An optical modulator includes an optical control substrate (1) that includes an optical waveguide (OW) including at least a branched waveguide which branches one light wave into two light waves, and that includes a control electrode for applying an electrical field to the branched waveguide, and a wiring substrate provided with a wiring which relays an electrical signal to be applied to the control electrode or with a wiring which terminates the electrical signal, in which the control electrode is provided with a signal electrode(S), the wiring is provided with signal wiring, and in a part (Sc) in which electrical connection is made between the signal electrode(S) and the signal wiring, a clearance (W1) in which the branched waveguide (OW) sandwiches the signal electrode is wider than a clearance (W2) in which the branched waveguide sandwiches the signal electrode in an action portion in which the control electrode applies the electrical field to the branched waveguide.

The invention provides a double-optical-comb-cavity modulated gas measurement system and method based on electro-optical modulation, in the use process, a detection optical comb and a reference optical comb which are coherent are generated through a double-optical-comb output module, the detection optical comb enters a resonant cavity to interact with gas to be measured, and the reference optical comb directly reaches a data acquisition and analysis module; the data acquisition and analysis module is communicated with the resonant cavity and the double-optical-comb output module, and is used for receiving the reference optical comb and the detection optical comb output from the resonant cavity, and performing component and concentration analysis on the to-be-detected gas according to the detection optical comb and the reference optical comb; in the measuring process, the electro-optical modulation module is used for acquiring the detection optical comb output from the resonant cavity in real time, and the optical field of the detection optical comb in the resonant cavity is dynamically modulated based on the detection optical comb, so that the optical comb mode is matched with the free spectral range of the resonant cavity in real time, and efficient coupling is formed in the resonant cavity; the influence of the gas dispersion effect on the measurement precision is eliminated.

The invention relates to a single laser printing device and method capable of modulating line width. The device comprises a focusing unit, a galvanometer unit, a light beam adjusting module and an angle adjusting module, wherein the light beam adjusting module and the angle adjusting module are sequentially arranged in front of laser light paths of the focusing unit and the galvanometer unit; the light beam adjusting module is used for modulating circular laser into long-strip-shaped laser and modulating the length of the long-strip-shaped laser according to the size of a pattern at a printing position when the same straight line is scanned; the long-strip-shaped light beams are always parallel to one another during galvanometer scanning, and laser energy in variable-width lines scanned by the galvanometer is evenly distributed. The angle adjusting module is used for adjusting the line width direction of the long-strip-shaped laser to be perpendicular to the scanning direction of the galvanometer unit. For different positions in each printing area, the laser is modulated into long-strip-shaped laser with the width consistent with the width of an image at the printing position through the light beam adjusting module, then the width direction of the long-strip-shaped laser is perpendicular to the scanning direction of the galvanometer through the angle adjusting module, and scanning of one printing area can be achieved only through one-time scanning of the galvanometer unit. And the printing precision is ensured while the printing efficiency is greatly improved.

Provided are a laser interferometer capable of reducing the frequency of a signal calculated and processed in a demodulation circuit and reducing the cost of the demodulation circuit, and a spectroscopic device provided with the laser interferometer. A laser interferometer is provided with: an optical modulator that adds a modulation signal to laser light using a resonator element; a light receiving element that detects a change in the intensity of the laser light including the sampled signal and the modulated signal, and outputs a laser reception signal; a signal oscillation unit that generates a reference signal of a first frequency with the vibration element as a source vibration; and a demodulation circuit that demodulates the sampled signal from the laser reception signal on the basis of the reference signal, the demodulation circuit comprising: a DC offset removal unit that removes the offset; a first phase regulator that regulates the phase of the reference signal; a first multiplier that multiplies the laser reception signal by a reference signal; a first filter; a second multiplier multiplying the first multiplication signal by a reference signal; a second filter; and a phase calculator that calculates a phase.

One or more of the described systems, methods, and apparatuses relate to imaging devices with integrated light exposure control. An imaging device comprises an image sensor and a light modulation layer coupled to the image sensor. The light modulation layer comprises a plurality of liquid-crystal (LC) device pixels over the image sensor. The imaging device comprises control circuitry coupled to the image sensor and the light modulation layer. The control circuitry is configured to apply a transparency mask to the light modulation layer by modifying, based on at least one frame captured at the image sensor, pixel attributes of the plurality of LCD pixels for modulating exposure of the image sensor.

The invention provides a dual-mode gravitational acceleration precision measurement system and method based on a light floating effect. According to the system, a 1064nm laser double-beam correlation structure is adopted, a strong focusing light trap is formed in a gravity orthogonal direction, and micron-sized silicon dioxide particles are stably captured. In the absolute measurement mode, the acousto-optic modulator is used for controlling the on-off of the laser, the high-speed position detection module is used for detecting and recording the free falling motion trail of the particles and the displacement amplitude showing the resonance state after re-capturing, and the absolute gravitational acceleration parameter is inverted. In a relative measurement mode, weak focusing 532nm laser is configured along the gravity direction to construct a gravity compensation light trap, and after absolute gravitational acceleration reference measurement is completed, the laser is modulated by an acoustic optical modulator to accurately balance the gravity of particles, so that the particles enter a quasi-balance state. When the external gravitational field changes slightly, the characteristic displacement of the particles in the gravity direction is extracted, and the change of the relative gravitational acceleration can be monitored continuously.

Methods, devices, and systems for driving optical modulators. In one aspect, a driver includes a first circuit having a first switch coupled between a first input and a first output and a second circuit having a second switch coupled between a second input and a second output. Each of the first and second switches is configured to receive a control signal adjustable to control a corresponding signal path with a corresponding input electronic signal. The first and second circuits are configured to control a rising edge and a falling edge of an output electronic signal at an output of the driver that is based on a first output electronic signal at the first output and a second output electronic signal at the second output. The output of the driver is electrically coupled to the optical modulator to provide the output electronic signal to modulate an optical signal.