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1. 1. oe magazine - product trends

   www.oemagazine.com/fromTheMaga - [Cached]

   Published on: 7/5/2006   Last Visited: 7/5/2006

   Marty Best, president of Boulder Nonlinear Systems (Lafeyette, CO), sees SLMs entering into many fields beyond those in which they're already established, such as projection displays. "The one I think will get really big, and it's just a guess on my part, is free-space optical communications," says Best, whose company makes SLMs based on nematic liquid crystals. Systems that send optical signals through the air, such as between a transmitter on the roof of one building and a receiver on the roof of another, need to be able to modulate the signals while keeping them aligned between swaying buildings, and SLMs allow them to do that, Best says.
   
   The devices can also be used as image correlators in optical computing, something researchers at places like the University of California, San Diego, are working on. The military is interested in such systems for data-heavy applications that rely on parallel processing. "Conventional computers aren't fast enough, and this approach is much, much faster," Best says.
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   With potential applications ranging from telecom switches to optical tweezers in medicine, Best believes SLMs have a bright future. "I think the use of optical components is really in its infancy," he says. oe

2. 2. Boulder Nonlinear Systems :: Press Release

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   Last Visited: 6/1/2008

   "We wanted to give our customers a better performing SLM, while still offering a cost-effective, entry-level product," said Marty Best, president and CEO of Boulder Nonlinear.

3. 3. www.bouldernonlinearsystems.com

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   Published on: 7/21/2003   Last Visited: 6/1/2008

   "The optical communication and optical sensing industries have evolved dramatically over the past few years, but beam steering , a fundamental component , still relies on mirror and gimbal technology," said Marty Best, president and CEO of Boulder Nonlinear Systems.