Application of a liquid crystal display to generate diffractive optical elements onto a photopolymer

Liquid crystal displays (LCDs) have found widespread use in many areas in optics where spatial light modulation is necessary. In this paper we explore a novel application, where the LCD is used as the master to generate diffractive optical elements onto a photopolymer. This work was supported by the "Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia", Spain (projects FIS2005-05881-C02-01 and FIS2005-05881-C02-02) and by "Generalitat Valenciana", Spain (project GV06/007).