Abstract

We present what is to our knowledge the first experimental demonstration of temporal-waveform-controlled spatial routing of optical beams. In our simple implementation of the routing process, a single optical beam consisting of a train of temporally structured optical pulses generates a number of directionally distinct output beams—a separate output beam for each distinct temporal waveform present in the input beam. This redirection is effected through diffraction from spatial–spectral gratings preprogrammed into a frequency-selective material.

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Spatial routing of optical beams through time-domain spatial-spectral filtering

W. R. Babbitt and T.W. Mossberg
Opt. Lett. 20(8) 910-912 (1995)

Experimental demonstration of swept-carrier time-domain optical memory

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Demonstration of 8-Gbit/in.² areal storage density based on swept-carrier frequency-selective optical memory

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