title: Holographic polymer-dispersed liquid crystal memory for optically reconfigurable gate array using subwavelength grating mask.
abstract: Holographic polymer-dispersed liquid crystal (HPDLC) memory formed by a subwavelength grating (SWG) mask is presented for new optical information processing. The SWG structure in a photomask is formed on the SiO(2) plate using the anisotropic reactive ion etching technique. The configuration contexts for optically reconfigurable gate arrays (ORGAs) are stored in the HPDLC memory by polarization modulation property based on the form birefringence of the SWG plate. The configuration context pattern in the HPDLC memory is reconstructed to write it for the ORGAs under parallel programmability.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electronic Engineering, Kobe City College of Technology, 8-3 Gakuen-higashi, Kobe 651-2194, Japan. ogiwara@kobe‐kosen.ac.jp
authors.forename: Akifumi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ogiwara
authors.forename: Minoru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mabuchi
authors.forename: Fuminori
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kobayashi