Abstract
Although thick volume photorefractive (PR) crystal offers promise in application to large-storage-capacity holographic memories, the thickness of the material also impairs the shift-invariant properties of the correlator. We discuss the influence of the angular and the wavelength selectivity in a thick PR crystal filter. The shift tolerances of Bragg diffraction-limited PR-based correlators are analyzed, which include the Vander Lugt, joint transform, and reflection-type (RC) correlators. We have shown that the RC correlator performs the best. A simple experiment to illustrate the shift-invariant capability of PR-based reflection-type correlators is also described.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2224-2231 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Optical Engineering |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1995 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- General Engineering