Tuesday, 17 March 2026 at Noon | 490 Cory Hall
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Liz Murray
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences | University of California, Berkeley
Host: Kadircan Godeneli, BSAC Seminar Committee
ABSTRACT
Spatial light modulators (SLMs) enable dynamic optical patterning through pixel-level control of coherent light, facilitating emerging applications such as optical neural interfaces, deep tissue optical imaging, and near-eye displays for augmented and virtual reality. However, the advancement of many of these applications is constrained by the limitations of commercial SLMs, which suffer from either low optical efficiency (e.g., tip/tilt digital micromirror devices) or low refresh rates (e.g., liquid crystal on silicon based SLMs). In this talk, I will present our work developing a piston-motion micromirror array with a co-designed integrated circuit driver, aimed at achieving an overall system with high optical efficiency and a refresh rate of >5kHz.
BIO
Liz Murray is a fifth-year PhD student advised by Prof. Rikky Muller in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences Department at UC Berkeley. She received her BS and MEng degrees in electrical engineering from MIT in 2020 and 2021, respectively. Her research interests span analog/mixed-signal IC design, optical MEMS, and computer-generated holography.
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