BISTABLE OPTICALLY WRITABLE IMAGE MEMORY USING OPTICAL FEEDBACK

Authors
BARNES TH EIJU T KOKAJI S MATSUDA K YOSHIDA N
Citation
Th. Barnes et al., BISTABLE OPTICALLY WRITABLE IMAGE MEMORY USING OPTICAL FEEDBACK, Optical review, 2(2), 1995, pp. 103-105
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optical review → ACNP
ISSN journal
13406000
Volume
2
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
103 - 105
Database
ISI
SICI code
1340-6000(1995)2:2<103:BOWIMU>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
A novel, parallel aligned optically addressed liquid crystal spatial l ight modulator has been used to implement an optically writable image memory. The memory uses a two-beam interferometer with optical feedbac k which exhibits thresholding, hysteresis, and bistability. We discuss the characteristics of the system, and present the results of an expe rimental demonstration.