Abstract
We demonstrate a photorefractive incoherent-to-coherent optical converter driven by ultraviolet light that provides a response time and an optical resolution of 124 line pairs/mm. The device, implemented in , operates with a modulating intensity of , which corresponds to an optical switching energy per bit of 0.5 pJ. A conversion rate of the order of is achieved. The conversion between the ultraviolet light and the visible laser beam at occurs through anisotropic Bragg diffraction at a modulated interband photorefractive grating. Our device has a better optical resolution and conversion rate than optically addressed solid-state spatial light modulators based on the photorefractive effect and multiple quantum wells, and it is also faster than devices based on liquid crystals.
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