Space-time processing with photorefractive volume holography
Published
Journal Article
© 1995 SPIE. All rights reserved. Photorefractive volume holography for processing ultrashort optical pulses carrying spatial, temporal and spatio-temporal optical information is introduced. These new holographic methods can process 4-dimensional information that in addition to the 3 spatial coordinates also include the temporal evolution of optical signals on nanosecond to femtosecond scale. Photorefractive volume holographic materials provide the medium necessary for recording and reconstruction in real-time. Applications of direct time domain and spectral domain holography for image processing, temporal matched filtering, optical pulse shaping, 3-D optical storage, and optical interconnects are discussed. Furthermore, the combined space-time holographic processing that allows the conversion between spatial and temporal optical information carrying channels is introduced. This method is used to demonstrate experimentally parallel-to-serial and serial-to-parallel data conversion for 1-D images and image-format data transmission. This holographic processors provide the advantages of self-referenced signal transmission and self-compensation for optical dispersion induced by the holographic materials, communication channel, as well as other optical components. Finally, future research directions for optical information processing with complex spatio-temporal signals are identified and discussed.
Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Sun, PC; Fainman, Y; Mazurenko, YT; Brady, DJ
Published Date
- August 18, 1995
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 2529 /
Start / End Page
- 157 - 170
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1996-756X
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0277-786X
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1117/12.217003
Citation Source
- Scopus