Abstract
Frequency-selective recording materials have been extensively studied for optical data storage1,2 and other applications. We demonstrate here a new type of process that utilizes both the spatial and spectral processing capabilities of such recording materials. In this process, spatial-spectral gratings, preprogrammed into a frequency-selective material, process and deflect optical pulses into different directions depending on the temporal waveform of each input pulse.
© 1996 Optical Society of America
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