title: Implementation of optical associative memory by a computer-generated hologram with a novel thresholding scheme.
abstract: An associative memory based on a model by Rizvi and Zubairy [Appl. Opt. 33, 3642 (1994)] is experimentally demonstrated. The parallel optical interconnection is realized compactly by computer-generated holograms. A novel scheme of real-time thresholding is proposed and is proved to be effective and simple to implement. Stored images are successfully retrieved with both complete and partial inputs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA.
authors.forename: Zhijie
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: De-Kui
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Qing
authors.forename: Philip R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Hemmer
authors.forename: M Suhail
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Zubairy