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Vertical cavity surface-emitting lasers physical wavelet transform, 264 270
(VCSELs), 302, 312, 334-339, 346, properties, 262-263
348, 486 time-frequency joint representation. 261
VLC See Vander-Lugt correlator 262
VLSI lithography, for low-loss polymer Wavelet transform, 260-263, 407-408
waveguides, 308-309 Wave mixing, photorefractive processing,
Volume holographic storage, 460-461 118-120
Wave optics, light propagation in optical
W fibers, 168-175
WANs. See Wide-area networks WDM. See Wavelength-division multiplexing
Wavefront multiplexing, 3-D holographic White light, signal processing with, 135 138
optical storage, 461 White noise, 108
Waveguide intensity modulator, 229-231 Wide-area networks (WANs), 193, 709
Waveguide phase modulator, 226-227 Wiener-Hopf integral equation, 33
Waveguides, 219, 303-310 Wiener-Hopf solution, 27
Wavelength-based fiber-optic sensors, 587 Wigner distribution function, 39-41, 256,
589 270-272
Wavelength division multiplexer/ Wigner distribution optics, 272-275
demutiplexer, 678-687 WIXC. See Wavelength interchanging cross-
Wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM), connect
193 195, 196,610,667-668 WMF. See Wavelet matched filters
Wavelength interchanging cross-connect WORM optical disk, 448, 457-458
(WIXC), 692 WSXC. See Wavelength selective cross-
Wavelength-multiplexed RC, 362 connect
Wavelength multiplexing, photorefractive
processing, 120-121 X
Wavelength response, photodetectors, 190 XPM. See Cross-phase modulation
Wavelength selective cross-connect (WSXC),
692
Wavelength selectivity, for photorefractive Y-branch interferometer, 229-230
processing, 122-125 Young's experiment, 69-71
Wavelet matched filters (WMF), 407-411
Wavelet-multiplexed matched filtering,
optical pattern recognition, 404 407 Zero-frequency Fourier coefficient, 23
Wavelets, 26, 260-261, 264
electromagnetic wavelet, 264-266