Higher accuracy template for corner cube reflected image

Abdul A. S. Awwal; Kenneth L. Rice; Richard R. Leach; Tarek M. Taha

doi:10.1117/12.798704

3 September 2008 Higher accuracy template for corner cube reflected image

Abdul A. S. Awwal, Kenneth L. Rice, Richard R. Leach, Tarek M. Taha

Proceedings Volume 7072, Optics and Photonics for Information Processing II; 70720V (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.798704
Event: Optical Engineering + Applications, 2008, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Video images of laser beams are analyzed to determine the position of the laser beams for alignment purpose in the National Ignition Facility (NIF). Algorithms process beam images to facilitate automated laser alignment. One such beam image, known as the corner cube reflected pinhole image, exhibits wide beam quality variations that are processed by a matched-filter-based algorithm. The challenge is to design a representative template that captures these variations while at the same time assuring accurate position determination. This paper describes the development of a new analytical template to accurately estimate the center of a beam with good image quality. The templates are constructed to exploit several key recurring features observed in the beam images. When the beam image quality is low, the algorithm chooses a template that contains fewer features. The algorithm was implemented using a Xilinx Virtex II Pro FPGA implementation that provides a speedup of about 6.4 times over a baseline 3GHz Pentium 4 processor.

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Abdul A. S. Awwal, Kenneth L. Rice, Richard R. Leach, and Tarek M. Taha "Higher accuracy template for corner cube reflected image", Proc. SPIE 7072, Optics and Photonics for Information Processing II, 70720V (3 September 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.798704

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