Space-time processing with photorefractive volume holography

Pang Chen Sun; Yeshaiahu Fainman; Yuri T. Mazurenko; David J. Brady

doi:10.1117/12.217003

18 August 1995 Space-time processing with photorefractive volume holography

Pang Chen Sun, Yeshaiahu Fainman, Yuri T. Mazurenko, David J. Brady

Proceedings Volume 2529, Photorefractive Fiber and Crystal Devices: Materials, Optical Properties, and Applications; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.217003
Event: SPIE's 1995 International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1995, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

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 processor provides 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.

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Pang Chen Sun, Yeshaiahu Fainman, Yuri T. Mazurenko, and David J. Brady "Space-time processing with photorefractive volume holography", Proc. SPIE 2529, Photorefractive Fiber and Crystal Devices: Materials, Optical Properties, and Applications, (18 August 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.217003

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