Title :
Free-space all-optical interconnection with a photorefractive crystal
Author :
Nakada, Takashi ; Okamoto, Atsushi ; Takayama, Yoichiro
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Eng., Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo, Japan
fDate :
Aug. 30 1999-Sept. 3 1999
Abstract :
Recently, optical interconnection devices with parallel processing have been studied. Especially, expectations of an all-optical interconnection have been rising, and using a cat conjugator in a photorefractive crystal has been proposed to realize an optically controlled interconnection. In this report we propose a free-space all-optical interconnection device using the beam-fanning effect in a photorefractive crystal and perform 4 /spl times/ 4 operations experimentally.
Keywords :
nonlinear optics; optical interconnections; photorefractive materials; 4 /spl times/ 4 operations; all-optical interconnection; beam-fanning effect; cat conjugator; free-space all-optical interconnection; free-space all-optical interconnection device; optical interconnection devices; optically controlled interconnection; parallel processing; photorefractive crystal; Gratings; Laser beams; Lenses; Optical computing; Optical control; Optical coupling; Optical interconnections; Optical mixing; Optical scattering; Photorefractive materials;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO/Pacific Rim '99. The Pacific Rim Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seoul, South Korea
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5661-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.1999.811476
