Incoherent optical XOR logic gate and image subtractor with series self-pumped phase conjugators

Optical Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2156-2161

  Lee, Hsiao Yi ^a,c,d   Yau, Hon Fai ^b,c,e   Cheng, Nai Jen ^b,c,f  

^a YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SPIE ^*  (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Yunpei Inst of Medical Technology   (Taiwan)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Incoherent image subtractor; Optical XOR gate; Photorefractive barium titanate

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000376833     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.601902     Document Type: Article

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