Analog optical signal processing of baseband codes in Tm:YAG up to 10 Gb/s

Aspects of analog signal processing are explored using baseband codes from 1 to 10 Gb/s modulated onto a 378 THz optical carrier and processed by spectral holographic techniques in Tm:YAG. Results include processing of signals buried in additive noise, variation of time delays over 5 /spl mu/s, and material signal losses as low as /spl sim/1 dB//spl mu/s.