Our SLMs consist of liquid crystal (LC) pixels—each independently addressed—acting as separate electro-optic modulators. These modulated light systems are easily incorporated into optical setups requiring programmable masks and variable input/output devices. Meadowlark Optics award-winning Spatial Light Modulators (SLMs) provide precision retardance control for spatially varying phase or amplitude requirements. A simple example is an overhead projector transparency. SLMs. This study provides a comprehensive investigation into the thermal effects and spatial resolution constraints of a pure phase optical addressing spatial light modulator (POASLM) constructed on a optical addressable liquid crystal light valve (OALV).