Optical processing
DCFirst Claim
1. An optical processor having a reflective SLM, a dispersion device and a focussing device, wherein the SLM has an array of controllable elements, wherein the processor is configured such that light from a common point on the dispersion device is spatially distributed over at least part of the SLM, and wherein the processor is configured such that the controllable elements display different holograms at chosen locations of the SLM where said light is incident, for controlling directions at which light from respective said locations emerges.
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Abstract
A modular routing node includes a single input port and a plurality of output ports. The modular routing node is arranged to produce a plurality of different deflections and uses small adjustments to compensate for wavelength differences and alignment tolerances in an optical system. An optical device is arranged to receive a multiplex of many optical signals at different wavelengths, to separate the optical signals into at least two groups, and to process at least one of the groups adaptively.
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- 1. An optical processor having a reflective SLM, a dispersion device and a focussing device, wherein the SLM has an array of controllable elements, wherein the processor is configured such that light from a common point on the dispersion device is spatially distributed over at least part of the SLM, and wherein the processor is configured such that the controllable elements display different holograms at chosen locations of the SLM where said light is incident, for controlling directions at which light from respective said locations emerges.
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60. A method of operating an optical processor having a reflective SLM having an array of controllable elements, a dispersion device and a focussing device, wherein the processor is designed such that light beams from a common point on the dispersion device are spatially separated when incident upon the SLM, and wherein the SLM is configured to display holograms at respective locations of incidence of said light beams to provide emergent beams having controllable directions, the method comprising delineating groups of individual controllable elements;
- selecting, from stored control data, control data for each group of controllable elements of the SLM;
generating from the respective selected control data a respective hologram at each group of controllable elements; and
varying the delineation of the groups and/or the selection of control data whereby upon illumination of said groups by respective light beams, respective emergent light beams from the groups are controllable independently of each other. - View Dependent Claims (61, 62)
- selecting, from stored control data, control data for each group of controllable elements of the SLM;
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63. A method of controlling input light comprising:
- causing said light to become angularly dispersed by a dispersion device;
focussing, by a focussing device, angularly dispersed light from the dispersion device to provide focussed light;
making said focussed light incident upon a reflective SLM, whereby the light is spatially distributed across at least a part of the SLM, wherein the SLM has an array of controllable elements; and
displaying respective holograms at respective locations of incidence of said light to provide emergent light whose direction is controlled by the respective holograms. - View Dependent Claims (64, 65)
- causing said light to become angularly dispersed by a dispersion device;
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66. A method of directing light using a reflective SLM, a dispersion device and a focussing device, wherein the reflective SLM has an array of controllable elements and wherein the arrangement is configured such that light from a common point on the dispersion device is spatially distributed over the reflective SLM, the method comprising:
- causing the controllable elements to display different holograms at chosen locations whereon light is incident, whereby light from said locations emerges in controllable directions.
- View Dependent Claims (67, 68, 69, 70)
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71. A method, using a reflective SLM, a dispersion device and a focussing device, wherein the reflective SLM has an array of controllable elements and wherein the arrangement is configured such that light from a common point on the dispersion device is spatially distributed over the reflective SLM, of measuring at least one spectral property selected from:
- channel power, channel centre wavelength, channel bandwidth occupied and noise power between channels, the method comprising causing the controllable elements to display different holograms at chosen locations whereon light is incident, whereby light from said locations emerges in controllable directions to at least one sensor.
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72. An optical processor arranged to function as at least one of the following:
- an optical add/drop multiplexer, an optical monitoring device, a channel equaliser, a channel controller, a programmable optical source, a programmable optical filter, an optical spectrum analyser, an evaluation device, a reconfigurable wavelength demultiplexer, and a reconfigurable wavelength multiplexer, the processor having a reflective SLM, a dispersion device and a focussing device, wherein the SLM has an array of controllable elements, wherein the processor is configured such that light from a common point on the dispersion device is spatially distributed over the SLM, and wherein the processor is configured such that the controllable elements display different holograms at chosen locations, whereby light from said locations emerges in respective directions, the directions deviating from a direction of specular reflection.
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73. A method of operating an optical processor having a reflective SLM having a two-dimensional array of controllable elements, a dispersion device and a focusing device wherein the processor is designed such that light beams from a common point on the dispersion device are spatially separated when incident upon the SLM, and wherein the SLM is configured to display holograms at respective locations of incidence of said light beams to provide emergent beams having controllable directions, the method comprising delineating two-dimensional groups of individual controllable elements;
- selecting, from stored control data, control data for each group of controllable elements of the SLM;
generating from the respective selected control data a respective hologram at each group of controllable elements; and
varying one of the delineation of the groups and the selection of control data whereby upon illumination of said groups by respective light beams, respective emergent light beams from the groups are controllable independently of each other. - View Dependent Claims (74, 75)
- selecting, from stored control data, control data for each group of controllable elements of the SLM;
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76. An optical processor having a reflective SLM, a dispersion device and a focusing device, wherein the SLM has a two-dimensional array of controllable elements;
- wherein the processor is configured such that light from a common point on the dispersion device is spatially distributed over the SLM using the focusing device, and wherein the processor is configured such that the controllable elements display different holograms using two-dimensional groups of controllable elements selected from said two dimensional array at chosen locations, whereby light from said locations emerges in respective directions, the directions deviating from a direction of specular reflection.
- View Dependent Claims (77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90)
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91. A method of operating an optical processor having a reflective SLM having a two-dimensional array of controllable elements, a dispersion device and a focusing device wherein the processor is designed such that light beams from a common point on the dispersion device are spatially separated when incident upon the SLM, and wherein the SLM is configured to display holograms at respective locations of incidence of said light beams to provide emergent beams having controllable directions, the method comprising:
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delineating two-dimensional groups of individual controllable elements; selecting, from stored control data, control data for each group of controllable elements of the SLM; generating from the respective selected control data a respective hologram at each group of controllable elements; and varying both the delineation of the groups and the selection of control data whereby upon illumination of said groups by respective light beams, respective emergent light beams from the groups are controllable independently of each other.
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