Photonic crystal optical memory

After several decades pushing the technology and the development of the world, the electronics is giving space for technologies that use light. We propose and analyze an optical memory embedded in a nonlinear photonic crystal (PhC), whose system of writing and reading data is controlled by an external command signal. This optical memory is based on optical directional couplers connected to a shared optical ring. Such a device can work over the C-Band of ITU (International Telecommunication Union).     

On the possibility of light energy localization in a nonlinear photonic crystal

A possibility of the localization of light energy in a one-dimensional nonlinear photonic crystal is demonstrated by means of computer simulation. The energy localized in the crystal may reach up to 50% of the energy penetrating into it, depending on the femtosecond pulse length and intensity. The effect may be used for recording and storing information in three-dimensional optical memory units. The simulation is performed on the basis of an approach proposed by the authors for the class of problems under consideration.     

平行排列丝状液晶在超短脉冲激光激励下发生瞬态扭曲形变的最佳偏振角

利用光学相位延迟法，观察到平行排列丝状液晶在超短脉冲激光（10ns）激励下的瞬态扭曲形变.实验结果表明，虽然脉冲激光的电场强度远远大于液晶发生扭曲形变的阈值，但并不能保证液晶会发生瞬态扭曲形变.这主要是因为脉冲激光的激励时间非常短，而液晶分子发生扭曲形变的响应时间相对较长，从而使其来不及形变.分析发现：激励激光的偏振方向与平行排列丝状液晶分子的最佳夹角是45°.利用此条件，观察到掺微量D型苏氨酸卟啉的平行排列丝状液晶在超短脉冲激光激励后具有记忆效应，这在光存储和记忆显示方面有很大的实用价值.     

Bistable Optically Writable Image Memory Using Optical Feedback

A novel, parallel aligned optically addressed liquid crystal spatial light modulator has been used to implement an optically writable image memory. The memory uses a two-beam interferometer with optical feedback which exhibits thresholding, hysteresis, and bistability. We discuss the characteristics of the system, and present the results of an experimental demonstration.Presented at the International Commission for Optics Topical Meeting, Kyoto, 1994.     

Observation of memory behaviour in cadmium sulphide nanorods doped ferroelectric liquid crystal mixture

In this study, cadmium sulphide (CdS) nanorods doped ferroelectric liquid crystal (FLC) sample cells have been prepared and studied. A memory effect has been observed in CdS nanorods (≤0.3?wt%) doped FLC mixture and confirmed by textures, dielectric and optical studies. The addition of nanorods increases the memory behaviour and efficiency. The occurrence of memory behaviour has been explained due to charge transfer from liquid crystal molecules to CdS nanorods and exists there for 5–15?min in 0.1–0.3?wt% CdS nanorods doped samples. An improvement in polarization, switching time, threshold voltage and rise time parameters has also been noticed in CdS nanorods doped FLC samples.     

利用猫式自泵浦位相共轭镜的光学联想存储器

报道了以快速响应（１５０ｍｓ），成像质量高（分辨率＞５０ｐｌ／ｍｍ）的１６°切掺铜钾钠铌酸锶钡（Ｃｕ：ＫＮＳＢＮ）晶体猫式自泵浦位相共轭境作为取阈反馈器件，以低吸收薄晶体Ｃｅ：Ｆｅ：ＬｉＮｂＯ３作为存储介质的光学全息联想存储器，利用２５％原信息寻址，可得出完整的联想输出．     

Localization and channeling of light in defect modes of two-dimensional photonic crystals

The spatial distribution of the electromagnetic field in a two-dimensional photonic crystal with a lattice defect is investigated. It is shown that in such a structure the field can be localized in a region smaller than one wavelength in size. The dependence of the spectrum of defect modes on the parameters of a two-dimensional photonic crystal is investigated. The light field at the exit of the photonic crystal possesses properties of a nonradiative mode, making it possible to achieve spatial resolution in the near-field much higher than the radiation wavelength. The possibilities of using this phenomenon in optical near-field microscopy to produce optical memory devices and to increase the efficiency of nonlinear optical interactions are discussed. Pis’ma Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 70, No. 5, 323–328 (10 September 1999)     

Encrypted optical memory system using three-dimensional keys in the Fresnel domain

An encrypted optical memory system using double random phase codes in the Fresnel domain is proposed. In this system, two random phase codes and their positions form three-dimensional keys for encryption of images and are used as keys to recover the original data. The third dimension is the positions of the codes, which can have as many as three degrees of freedom. Original images encrypted by use of the two phase codes located in the Fresnel domain are stored holographically in a photorefractive material. We demonstrate in preliminary experiments encryption and decryption of optical memory in a LiNbO(3) :Fe photorefractive crystal by use of angular multiplexing.     

Use of two-photon absorption in a photorefractive crystal for three-dimensional optical memory

We describe the use of two-photon absorption in a photorefractive crystal for recording bit data in multilayered optical memory. A short-pulse near-infrared laser is used for generating the photorefractive effect by two-photon absorption. We succeeded in recording and reading seven layers of data in a LiNbO(3) crystal with a lateral resolution (distance between bits) of 5microm and an axial resolution (distance between layers) of 20 microm .     

Photon echo in an atomic frequency comb in a Pr-doped LaF3 crystal

The possibility of storage of an optical pulse in a memory based on an atomic frequency comb in a Pr³⁺:LaF₃ crystal is demonstrated experimentally. A new method of storage-time control using an external electric field is proposed and experimentally implemented.     

Optical data storage in LC cells

Liquid crystal devices as a medium for holograms storage have been investigated. Long term memory effects in LC cells have been observed. Experiments proved that certain combination of insulating alignment layers has a major influence on the long term memory effect. Optimal liquid crystal cell construction allows us to achieve sufficient diffraction efficiency to record holographic patterns and to develop a re-writable holographic medium. The configuration of PVK and polyimide layers in LC cell construction with specific LC mixture was tested. The method of permanent and re-writable recording of optical data (holographic pattern) onto LC cells was achieved. However, the method of erasing recorded data was realized but mechanisms of this phenomenon are not clearly understood yet.     

Deterministic Phase Encoded Holographic Data Storage Using Lenticular Lens Array

This work presents a novel optical holographic encrypted data storage approach based on a phase encoding multiplexed scheme. In the proposed data storage scheme, patterns to be encrypted are stored holographically in a photorefractive LiNbO₃:Fe crystal using a lenticular lens array (LLA) sheet phase-encoded multiplexing. Experimental results reveal that rotating an LLA placed as a phase modulator in the path of the reference beam is a simple but effective method of increasing the phase addresses for holographic memory in a crystal. Combining this rotational multiplexing with two-axis rotating multiplexing provides further data storage and data encryption capacity.     

用模拟退火算法设计光学有限脉冲响应滤波器

提出了利用记忆型模拟回火退火算法来进行基于晶体双折射的光学有限脉冲响应滤波器设计的新方法，用以实现任意光谱响应双通道输出。模拟退火算法模拟了固体缓慢退火从而获得最低内能的物理过程，是一种简单而有效的随机性全局优化算法。应用具有记忆功能的回火退火算法，在较少的晶体延迟片数目下，实现了较优的设计。为证明该设计方法的可行性和有效性，给出了宽波带绿色／品红(Green／Magenta，G／M)滤波器的设计实例以及实验结果。初步研究表明，所设计结果完成满足LCOS投影分合色的要求。     

使用光学自反关联存储技术的符号替换运算

介绍了使用光学自反关联存储技术进行符号替换运算的数学模型、数字模拟结果以及使用可编程ＬＣＴＶ液晶空间光调制器组成光电混合系统的实现符号替换的方法。这种符号替换运算具有很强的容错能力。     

真值表查询式光学符号替换

本文提出了一种新的符号替换光学处理方法.采用互补编码和地点寻址的真值表查询,构造了一种可进行返回运算的全加数字处理器.利用由液晶光阀构成的行逻辑器件对这一符号替换系统进行了实验验证并给出了实验结果.     

增强型双通道实时联想存储系统的研究

首次将多通道并行处理的概念引入联想存储系统中，提出一个带有ＣＣＤ摄像机、图像卡、微机及液晶光阈等控制与输入设备，并以液晶电光开关作为取阈反馈装置的双通道联想系统。系统存储方式采用计算机磁盘充当外部图像库存储大量参考图像，而在系统内一点只存储一幅图像。     

多状态,多阈值神经网络模型的光电混合实现

提出了一种采用高分辨率液晶电视（ＬＣＴＶ）实现Ｈｏｐｆｉｅｌｄ神经网络多值算法的光电系统，文章给出了平面多状态，多阈值的全互连Ｈｏｐｆｉｅｄ神经网络模型，并采用该系统对颜色进行了联想和记忆的实验，初步的实验结果可以证实，此种高分辨率液晶电视神经网络系统是可行的。     

Proposal for loadable and erasable optical memory unit based on dual active microring optical integrators

A novel approach for loadable and erasable optical memory unit based on dual microring optical integrators is proposed and studied. The optical integrator, which can generate an optical step function for data storing, is synthesized using active media for loss compensation and a tunable phase shifter for data reading at any time. The input data into the memory is return-to-zero (RZ) signal, and the output data read from the memory is also RZ format with a narrower pulse width. An optical digital register based on the proposed optical memory unit is also investigated and simulated, which shows the potential for large scale data storage and serial-to-parallel data conversion. A great number of such memory units can be densely integrated on a photonic circuit for future large scale data storage and buffer.     

Features of interaction of a narrow light beam with a smectic OCBP. Memory effect

1. A memory effect was observed in a smectic liquid crystal without artificially increasing its absorption in a wide temperature interval — from the nematic-phase temperature (t ≤ 35°C) to room temperature (t ⋍ 21–22°C). 2. We have shown that a narrow light beam produces in the crystal an optical inhomogeneity indicative of transverse anisotropy.     

Multiplexing encryption-decryption via lateral shifting of a random phase mask

We present an holographic memory optical arrangement based on the successive shifting of a random pure-phase mask to achieve encrypted images multiplexing. The input images are encrypted to a stationary white noise using the usual double random encoding in the Fresnel domain. The encrypted information is imaged in a photorefractive crystal where also a reference beam impinges. In the holographic memory, a BSO crystal is used to provide both a recording medium and a phase conjugate mirror. The combination of these two features supplies at the same time the necessary exact cancellation of the random pure-phase mask as well as allows a real-time decryption process. Successive images are encrypted and position-encoded by speckle patterns arising from the random pure-phase mask in-plane shifting between exposures. We include experimental results to corroborate the multiplexing capability and the read-out fidelity of the proposed arrangement.