Design of diffractive elements for photonic processors

Author

Mait, Joseph N. ; Prather, Dennis W. ; Shoop, Barry L.

Author_Institution

U.S. Army Res. Lab., AMSRL-SE-EO, Adelphi, MD, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1996

fDate

3-6 Nov. 1996

Firstpage

496

Abstract

We discuss the design of two diffractive optical elements that provide fan-out from one processing plane to the next. One element is used in an optical analog-to-digital converter and the other is used to shape the beam of a vertical cavity surface emitting laser. We use scalar-based diffraction theory to design the diffractive element for the analog-to-digital converter and vector-based theory to design the laser beam shaper.

Keywords

analogue-digital conversion; laser accessories; light diffraction; optical computing; optical design techniques; optical elements; semiconductor laser arrays; surface emitting lasers; design; diffractive optical elements; fan-out; laser beam shaper; optical analog-to-digital converter; phase only array generators; photonic processors; scalar-based diffraction theory; vector-based theory; vertical cavity surface emitting laser; Laser beams; Optical arrays; Optical design; Optical diffraction; Optical refraction; Optical surface waves; Stimulated emission; Surface emitting lasers; US Department of Energy; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Signals, Systems and Computers, 1996. Conference Record of the Thirtieth Asilomar Conference on

Conference_Location

Pacific Grove, CA, USA

ISSN

1058-6393

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7646-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ACSSC.1996.600970

Filename

600970