FEMTOSECOND SIGNAL-PROCESSING BY 2ND-ORDER SPECTRAL HOLOGRAPHY

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作者
WEINER, AM [1 ]
LEAIRD, DE [1 ]
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[1] BELLCORE,RED BANK,NJ 07701
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10.1364/OL.19.000123
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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We report femtosecond optical signal processing by using second-order spectral holography. Enhanced second-order diffraction from a thermoplastic plate makes possible new signal-processing operations not possible with first-order holography. Experiments resulting in output waveforms equal to the autoconvolution function of the input waveform are described, and the possibility of implementing a simple associative memory for ultrafast optical signals is discussed.
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