Research on optical A/D conversion using interference modulators

Mengchao Li; Gang Zheng; Songlin Zhuang

doi:10.1117/12.447744

8 November 2001 Research on optical A/D conversion using interference modulators

Mengchao Li, Gang Zheng, Songlin Zhuang

Proceedings Volume 4457, Spatial Light Modulators: Technology and Applications; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.447744
Event: International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, 2001, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

During the high speed processing, the intensity of the light beam must be detected and converted into some digital signals without electronic device for system controlling. The A/D converting should be in full optics way. The interferometer may make some fringes correspond the input light, while the fringe intensity contains some important information. When a photorefractive material was put into the interference field, another reading-laser beam would be diffracted. The order of the diffraction can be controlled because the nonlinear reactivity of photorefractive materials. Then, the reading laser beam goes into an encoder to demodulate signals. Through the demodulating processing in light speed, the group-codes may be output as the input signals of other control system. The speed of the modulating should be tied from the photorefractive materials. The important step is how to change the time domain information into space domain information. If the responding speed of the photorefractive material is suitable to react on the input signal light, the conversion is successful. In that process, organic photorefractive materials or crystal photorefractive materials have different application features.

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Mengchao Li, Gang Zheng, and Songlin Zhuang "Research on optical A/D conversion using interference modulators", Proc. SPIE 4457, Spatial Light Modulators: Technology and Applications, (8 November 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.447744

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