32 Channel Acousto-Optic Bragg Cell For Optical Computing

A 32 channel acousto-optical Bragg cell has been developed and evaluated for optical computing applications. This device was designed based on a computer model and was verified in an optical computing system. The Bragg Cell has 1000 resolvable spots per channel, diffraction efficiency of 40%/watt and -0d13 channel to channel isolation. The design and evaluation of this device allow for the prediction of a higher performance multi channel Bragg cell.