Optically addressed spatial light modulator with a high photosensitivity and intensity adaptation range.

An optically addressed spatial light modulator based on a single-crystal silicon Schottky diode array photoreceptor and nematic liquid crystals with a high photosensitivity (better than 1microW/cm(2)) and input light intensity adaptation range (greater than 3 orders of magnitude) is demonstrated. This photosensitivity and intensity adaptation range is concurrent with a spatial resolution of 25 line pairsymm, contrast ratios greater than 200:1, and response times less than 10 ms in a wide photosensing wavelength range of 400-1100 nm.