Hole burning, Stark effect, and data storage: 2: holographic recording and detection of spectral holes
- 10 July 1991
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Applied Optics
- Vol. 30 (20), 2890-2898
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.30.002890
Abstract
The properties of holographic recording and detection of spectral holes in the frequency and electric-field dimension are investigated. To optimize the storage properties of optical memory devices, based on spectral hole burning and holography, cross-talk effects between adjacent holograms have to be minimized. These interactions depend on the relative phases of the holograms chosen during the recording stage. Using free-base chlorin (2,3-dihydroporphyrin) in polyvinyl butyral as host at a temperature of 1.7 K, the influence of the relative phase difference between holograms is demonstrated in both the frequency and the electric-field dimension. Experimental results are presented for rows and columns of holograms stored either in the laser frequency or the electric-field dimension and compared to transmission data. Using both dimensions a 10 × 10 matrix of holograms has been stored within the range of a single wave number.This publication has 24 references indexed in Scilit:
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