Proposal Accepted
11/15/13: “Holographic NxN Optical switch for Data Communication”, I-Corps proposal accepted by the NSF.
11/15/13: “Holographic NxN Optical switch for Data Communication”, I-Corps proposal accepted by the NSF.
10/31/13: P.-A. Blanche et al., Patent application: “Reconfigurable Diffractive Optical Switch” PCT/US2013/06776.
09/25/13: C. M. Liebig et al., “Enhanced gain dynamics in photorefractive polymers”, SPIE proceedings 8847, Photonic Fiber and Crystal Devices: Advances in Materials and Innovations in Device Applications VII, 88470A (September 25, 2013). Link
09/01/13: The funding for the optical switch project under the CIAN Blue Sky has been renew for a year.
Access the optical switch project page.
06/01/13: The optical switch was featured in the June CIAN newsletter and its major milestone accomplishment recognized.
See the newsletter | Access the optical switch project page.
04/19/13: The optical switch was successfully integrated to the CIAN TOAN testbed and a video was transmitted to it without any loss of data.
See the switch in the TOAN lab. | Access the optical switch project page.
03/23/13: Disney XD team spent two days in our lab for this segment of the Marvel Universe explaining 3D holographic imaging. See the video on youtube.
03/19/13: “UA Researchers Pursuing Holographic Display”.
A story by Heather Wodrich on Arizona Public Media. Link
03/17/13: “Fast Optical Switch for Data Communication Applications”. Poster presentation at the annual Optoelectronics Industry Development Association (OIDA) workshop, Anaheim, CA. PDF
03/08/13: P.-A. Blanche et al., “DMD as a diffractive reconfigurable optical switch for telecommunication”, in SPIE proceedings 8618, “Emerging Digital Micromirror Device Based Systems and Applications V”, Michael R. Douglass; Patrick I. Oden Eds, 86180N, March 2013. Link