[OPTICAL REVIEW Vol. 2, No. 5 (1995) 362-365]
Optical Perfect Shuffle Interconnection Using Computer-Generated Blazed Grating Array
Ping XU,1 Xiang ZHOU,1 Xiaochun ZHANG,1 Yongkang GUO,1 Lurong GUO,1 Hong TANG,1 Shida WU,2Lixing YANG2 and Ying CHEN2
1Information Optics Institute of Sichuan University, 610064, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, 2Chengdu Meteorology College, 610041, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
(Accepted May 16, 1995)
In this paper a new type element that can implement perfect shuffle (PS) network of free spatial optical interconnection is presented. It is a microoptics array element consisting of a series of sub-blazed gratings with different spatial frequency. The array has highly efficient light energy and a very simple setup. It can realize 1-D, 2-D PS networks and their inverse transforms. Also, the array can conveniently realize microminiaturization and multilevel interconnection and other forms of interconnections.
Key words : optical interconnection, perfect shuffle, blazed grating, microoptics, computer-generated microoptics array