HIGH-SPEED JOINT-TRANSFORM OPTICAL-IMAGE CORRELATOR USING GAAS/ALGAAS SEMIINSULATING MULTIPLE-QUANTUM WELLS AND DIODE-LASERS

被引:58
作者
PARTOVI, A
GLASS, AM
CHIU, TH
LIU, DTH
机构
[1] AT&T BELL LABS,HOLMDEL,NJ 07733
[2] JET PROP LAB,PASADENA,CA 91109
关键词
D O I
10.1364/OL.18.000906
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We demonstrate a compact real-time optical image correlator using diode lasers and a semi-insulating GaAs/AlGaAs multiple-quantum-well (SI-MQW) device as the holographic element. With only 3 mW of power incident upon the SI-MQW device, the correlation is obtained in 1 mus and can be erased in as fast as 2 mus, which presents the possibility of a system capable of 3 x 10(5) correlations/s. We also show that images can be stored for a controllable length of time (2-25 mus), which presents possibilities for the use of the SI-MQW device as a data or image buffer memory.
引用
收藏
页码:906 / 908
页数:3
相关论文
共 16 条
[1]   FOURIER-PLANE FILTERING BY A THICK GRATING - A SPACE BANDWIDTH ANALYSIS [J].
ATHALE, RA ;
RAJ, K .
OPTICS LETTERS, 1992, 17 (12) :880-882
[2]   POSITION, ROTATION, AND SCALE INVARIANT OPTICAL CORRELATION [J].
CASASENT, D ;
PSALTIS, D .
APPLIED OPTICS, 1976, 15 (07) :1795-1799
[3]   INDEX GRATING LIFETIME IN PHOTOREFRACTIVE GAAS [J].
CHENG, LJ ;
PARTOVI, A .
APPLIED OPTICS, 1988, 27 (09) :1760-1763
[4]   HIGH-SPEED 2 INPUT REAL-TIME OPTICAL CORRELATION USING PHOTOREFRACTIVE BSO [J].
FOOTE, PD ;
HALL, TJ ;
CONNORS, LM .
OPTICS AND LASER TECHNOLOGY, 1986, 18 (01) :39-42
[5]   OPTICAL CORRELATORS WITH FAST UPDATING SPEED USING PHOTOREFRACTIVE SEMICONDUCTOR-MATERIALS [J].
GHEEN, G ;
CHENG, LJ .
APPLIED OPTICS, 1988, 27 (13) :2756-2761
[6]   ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES OF THE PHASE-ONLY CORRELATION FILTER [J].
GIANINO, PD ;
HORNER, JL .
OPTICAL ENGINEERING, 1984, 23 (06) :695-697
[7]   PHOTOREFRACTIVE TIME-INTEGRATING CORRELATOR [J].
HONG, JH ;
CHANG, TY .
OPTICS LETTERS, 1991, 16 (05) :333-335
[8]  
PARTOVI A, IN PRESS APPL PHYS L
[9]  
PARTOVI A, 1993, APPL PHYS LETT, V62, P466
[10]   SPATIAL CONVOLUTION AND CORRELATION OF OPTICAL FIELDS VIA DEGENERATE 4-WAVE MIXING [J].
PEPPER, DM ;
AUYEUNG, J ;
FEKETE, D ;
YARIV, A .
OPTICS LETTERS, 1978, 3 (01) :7-9