{"title":"All-Optical Associative Memory based on a Nonresonant Cavity with Image Bearing Beams","authors":"M. Ingold, M. Duelli, P. Günter, M. Schadt","doi":"10.1364/JOSAB.9.001327","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"A new configuration of an all-optical, nonlinear holographic associative memory [1] is investigated. A multistable, content-addressable cavity is used, that performs image comparison, discrimination and read-out in one step. The required nonlinear processes are obtained by using a combination of a photorefractive KNbO3 crystal and a nematic liquid crystal (NLC) in a feedback configuration with several beams.","PeriodicalId":355924,"journal":{"name":"Photorefractive Materials, Effects, and Devices","volume":"326 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1992-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"6","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Photorefractive Materials, Effects, and Devices","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.9.001327","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A new configuration of an all-optical, nonlinear holographic associative memory [1] is investigated. A multistable, content-addressable cavity is used, that performs image comparison, discrimination and read-out in one step. The required nonlinear processes are obtained by using a combination of a photorefractive KNbO3 crystal and a nematic liquid crystal (NLC) in a feedback configuration with several beams.