Nonlinear And Holographic Optical Elements For All-Optical Digital Processing

S. Desmond Smith; Mohammad R. Taghizadeh; Ajoy K. Kar

doi:10.1117/12.939906

11 August 1987 Nonlinear And Holographic Optical Elements For All-Optical Digital Processing

S. Desmond Smith, Mohammad R. Taghizadeh, Ajoy K. Kar

Proceedings Volume 0752, Digital Optical Computing; (1987) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.939906
Event: OE LASE'87 and EO Imaging Symposium, 1987, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

We discuss the capabilities of thermally induced refractive nonlinear logic devices and holographic optical elements for applications in all-optical signal processing and optical digital computing. Optimisation of switching speed and energy based on the present experimental data allow us to believe that operation rates as high as 1012 Hz-cm-2 are possible.

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S. Desmond Smith, Mohammad R. Taghizadeh, and Ajoy K. Kar "Nonlinear And Holographic Optical Elements For All-Optical Digital Processing", Proc. SPIE 0752, Digital Optical Computing, (11 August 1987); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.939906

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