Highly integrated compact optical correlators using FLC-VLSI spatial light modulators and diffractive optics

Michael J. O'Callaghan; David J. Ward; Stephen H. Perlmutter; Lianhua Ji; Christopher M. Walker

doi:10.1117/12.305489

20 April 1998 Highly integrated compact optical correlators using FLC-VLSI spatial light modulators and diffractive optics

Michael J. O'Callaghan, David J. Ward, Stephen H. Perlmutter, Lianhua Ji, Christopher M. Walker

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Proceedings Volume 3289, Micro-Optics Integration and Assemblies; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.305489
Event: Optoelectronics and High-Power Lasers and Applications, 1998, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

Due to advances in spatial light modulator technology and high-speed imagers, optical correlators are becoming viable for a variety of high-speed image processing applications. However, conventional approaches to assembling correlators produce systems which are costly to manufacture, and which are too large for some uses. We are investigating approaches to the construction of compact, highly integrated correlators that combine ferroelectric liquid-crystal-on- VLSI spatial light modulators, a CMOS imager, and diffractive optical elements.

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Michael J. O'Callaghan, David J. Ward, Stephen H. Perlmutter, Lianhua Ji, and Christopher M. Walker "Highly integrated compact optical correlators using FLC-VLSI spatial light modulators and diffractive optics", Proc. SPIE 3289, Micro-Optics Integration and Assemblies, (20 April 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.305489

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