White-Light Optical Signal Processing With A Programmable Magneto-Optic Device

TLDR: The magneto-optic device responds to the polarized white-light, in which a wide range of color object patterns can be generated, making it very suitable for real-time programmable spatial filter synthesis and object pattern generation for optical signal processings.

Abstract: The application of a programmable magneto-optic spatial light modulator to white-light optical signal processing is presented. We have shown that the magneto-optic device responds to the polarized white-light, in which a wide range of color object patterns can be generated. Since the magneto-optic device is a transmitted type spatial light modulator, it is very suitable for real-time programmable spatial filter synthesis and object pattern generation for optical signal processings. Experimental demonstrations of some of the elementary spatial filter syntheses and pseudocolor encodings are provided.