A. C. Walker,M. R. Taghizadeh,J. G. H. Mathew,R. J. Campbell Heriot-Watt University (Scotland) S. D. Smith,J. Dempsey Edinburgh Instruments Ltd. (Scotland) Guy Lebreton Universite de Toulon et du Var (France) I. Redmond Heriot-Watt University (United Kingdom)
High efficiency optical logic devices and interconnect elements are required for digital optical experiments. Nonlinear interference filters, capable of acting as optical gates, have been demonstrated to switch with ~2 mW input power and ~50 us recovery time. Switch contrast of 20:1 has been achieved with multicavity designs. Switch energies for micrometre-dimension transversely isolated pixels of <25 pJ are predicted. Holographic input and interconnect components with >90% diffraction efficiencies have been fabricated in dichromated gelatin and assessed.
A. C. Walker,
M. R. Taghizadeh,
J. G. H. Mathew,
R. J. Campbell,
S. D. Smith,
J. Dempsey,
Guy Lebreton,
I. Redmond,
"Optically Bistable Thin-Film Interference Devices And Holographic Techniques For Experiments In Digital Optics," Optical Engineering 27(1), 270138 (1 January 1988). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.7976639
A. C. Walker, M. R. Taghizadeh, J. G. H. Mathew, R. J. Campbell, S. D. Smith, J. Dempsey, Guy Lebreton, I. Redmond, "Optically Bistable Thin-Film Interference Devices And Holographic Techniques For Experiments In Digital Optics," Opt. Eng. 27(1) 270138 (1 January 1988)