Spatiotemporal conversion, storage, and processing using femtosecond optical pulses

Optical signal processing, traditionally employed in the spatial domain, has been experiencing a renaissance with femtosecond laser pulse technology. Temporal optical information can now be manipulated via linear and nonlinear processes, and stored and retrieved, by converting optical signals between the spatial and temporal domains. In this manuscript, we review the state-of-the-art in the spatio- temporal optical signal processing techniques for information data coding, data conversion, signal recording, as well as signal characterization. Applications of these techniques for future computing, communication, storage, and signal processing systems are discussed.

[1]  Andrew M. Weiner,et al.  Femtosecond spectral holography , 1992 .

[2]  J. Squier,et al.  Measurement of femtosecond pulses in the focal point of a high-numerical-aperture lens by two-photon absorption. , 1995, Optics letters.

[3]  Pang-Chen Sun,et al.  Space-time processing with photorefractive volume holography , 1999 .

[4]  John E. Sipe,et al.  Nonlinear optical susceptibilities of layered composite materials , 1994 .

[5]  P. Vidakovic,et al.  Large nonlinear phase shift owing to cascaded χ (2) in quasi-phase-matched bulk LiNbO 3 , 1997 .

[6]  D Psaltis,et al.  Cross talk in wavelength-multiplexed holographic memories. , 1993, Optics letters.

[7]  Y. Silberberg,et al.  Shaping of ultrashort optical pulses by using an integrated acousto-optic tunable filter. , 1993, Optics letters.

[8]  Dmitry I. Staselko,et al.  Holographic Recording of the Time-Coherence Pattern of a Wave Train from a Pulsed Laser Source , 1969 .

[9]  Nils Abramson,et al.  Light-In-Flight Recording By Holography , 1980, Photonics West - Lasers and Applications in Science and Engineering.

[10]  Makoto Kuwata-Gonokami,et al.  All-optical sub-Tbits/s serial-to-parallel conversion using excitonic giant nonlinearity , 1991 .

[11]  K. Nelson,et al.  Generation of high-fidelity programmable ultrafast optical waveforms. , 1995, Optics letters.

[12]  H Chen,et al.  Electronic holography and speckle methods for imaging through tissue using femtosecond gated pulses. , 1991, Applied optics.

[13]  D N Fittinghoff,et al.  Ultrafast optical switching by use of fully phase-matched cascaded second-order nonlinearities in a polarization-gate geometry. , 1997, Optics letters.

[14]  Y. Mazurenko,et al.  Holography of wave packets , 1990 .

[15]  Yeshaiahu Fainman,et al.  Femtosecond pulse imaging: ultrafast optical oscilloscope , 1997 .

[16]  P. Becker,et al.  Compression of optical pulses to six femtoseconds by using cubic phase compensation. , 1987, Optics letters.

[17]  Pekka Hänninen,et al.  Two-photon excitation 4Pi confocal microscope: enhanced axial resolution microscope for biological research , 1995 .

[18]  Fischer,et al.  Enhanced nonlinear optical response of composite materials. , 1995, Physical review letters.

[19]  M. Fejer,et al.  Quasi-phase-matched optical parametric oscillators in bulk periodically poled LiNbO 3 , 1995 .

[20]  F. Krausz,et al.  Operation of a femtosecond Ti:sapphire solitary laser in the vicinity of zero group-delay dispersion. , 1993, Optics letters.

[21]  R. Schiek,et al.  Nonlinear refraction caused by cascaded second-order nonlinearity in optical waveguide structures , 1993 .

[22]  R L Morrison,et al.  Time-domain images. , 1995, Optics letters.

[23]  J. S. Aitchison,et al.  Spatial optical solitons in planar glass waveguides , 1991 .

[24]  M. Fejer,et al.  Quasi-phase-matched 1.064-microm-pumped optical parametric oscillator in bulk periodically poled LiNbO(3). , 1995, Optics letters.

[25]  S. Rice,et al.  New ideas for guiding the evolution of a quantum system. , 1992, Science.

[26]  A Yariv,et al.  Interpage and interpixel cross talk in orthogonal (wavelength multiplexed) holograms. , 1993, Optics letters.

[27]  Y Fainman,et al.  All-optical parallel-to-serial conversion by holographic spatial-to-temporal frequency encoding. , 1995, Optics letters.

[28]  M. Asobe,et al.  All-optical switching by use of cascading of phase-matched sum-frequency-generation and difference-frequency-generation processes in periodically poled LiNbO(3). , 1997, Optics letters.

[29]  A. Weiner,et al.  Time-to-space mapping of femtosecond pulses. , 1994, Optics letters.

[30]  Andrew M. Weiner,et al.  Femtosecond pulse shaping by dynamic holograms in photorefractive multiple quantum wells , 1997 .

[31]  Herschel Rabitz,et al.  Coherent Control of Quantum Dynamics: The Dream Is Alive , 1993, Science.

[32]  W H Knox,et al.  Wavelength-division multiplexing with femtosecond pulses. , 1995, Optics letters.

[33]  A. Weiner,et al.  Programmable femtosecond pulse shaping by use of a multielement liquid-crystal phase modulator. , 1990, Optics letters.

[34]  M M Murnane,et al.  Generation of 11-fs pulses from a self-mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser. , 1993, Optics letters.

[35]  R R Alfano,et al.  Ultrafast time-gated imaging in thick tissues: a step toward optical mammography. , 1993, Optics letters.

[36]  Andrew M. Weiner,et al.  Coherent ultrashort light pulse code-division multiple access communication systems , 1990 .