Time-domain frequency-selective optical data storage

Opt Lett. 1982 Feb 1;7(2):77-9. doi: 10.1364/ol.7.000077.

Abstract

It is shown that both the spatial and the temporal behavior of a laser pulse can be stored in and recalled from the spatial and spectral distribution of population in the ground state of an inhomogeneously broadened sample. Implications with regard to high-speed frequency-selective optical memories and ultra-high-speed holographic motion pictures are discussed.