Angle multiplexed storage with object beam alone

Abstract

Making use of the interference of incident light waves and the accompanying fanning waves in a photorefractive LiNbO3 crystal, the authors have recorded binary images as well as gray-tone images in a crystal with only an object beam. Angle multiplexing has also been demonstrated with this one beam recording method. Basing on a model that the recording is accomplished through the interference of the object light and its fanning light, the authors have estimated the minimal angular separation for achieving a cross-talk-free multiplexing.