Dynamically reconfigurable optical lattices
Date
2005-03-07
Authors
Rodrigo, Peter John
Daria, Vincent Ricardo
Gluckstad, Jesper
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Optical Society of America
Abstract
We present a theoretical framework for two approaches of
generating light-efficient optical lattices via a generic Fourier-filtering
operation. We demonstrate how lattice geometry can be dynamically
changed from fully discrete to interconnected optical arrays conveniently
achieved with virtually zero computational resources. Both approaches
apply a real-time reconfigurable phase-only spatial light modulator to set up
dynamic input phase patterns for a 4-f spatial filtering system that
synthesizes the optical lattices. The first method is based on lossless phaseonly
Fourier-filtering; the second, on amplitude-only Fourier-filtering. We
show numerically generated optical lattices rendered by both schemes and
quantify the strength of the light throughput that can be achieved by each
filtering alternative.
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Optical confinement, Spatial light modulators, Fourier optics, Interferometry, Optical signal processing, Manipulation
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Optics Express
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Open Access