Patent ID: 6965464

Claim:
A method comprising dynamically configuring a configurable programmed holographic structure comprising a set of diffractive elements and at least one optical port by introduction of energy to the configurable programmed holographic structure, thereby modifying at least one optical characteristic of the configurable programmed holographic structure, wherein, before or after configuring: the diffractive elements of the set are collectively arranged so as to comprise temporal, spectral, or spatial transformation information, each diffractive element of the set is individually contoured and positioned so as to reflectively image at least a portion of an input optical signal between an input optical port and an output optical port as the input optical signal propagates within the holographic structure, the diffractive element set transforms the imaged portions of the input optical signal into an output optical signal according to the transformation information as the optical signals propagate within the holographic structure between the input optical port and the output optical port.