Optical Architecture Of Acousto-Optic Cell Real-Time Correlation

S. T. Francis; Toshio Nagata; Bahram Javidi

doi:10.1117/12.939943

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10 June 1987 Optical Architecture Of Acousto-Optic Cell Real-Time Correlation

S. T. Francis, Toshio Nagata, Bahram Javidi

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Proceedings Volume 0753, Acousto-Optic, Electro-Optic, & Magneto-Optic Devices & Applications; (1987) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.939943
Event: OE LASE'87 and EO Imaging Symposium, 1987, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

An architecture for a real-time signal correlation based on optical joint transform correlation is proposed. Two parallel on-plane acousto-optic (AO) cells and a liquid crystal light valve (LCLV) are employed to produce crosscorrelation of two electrical signals. Arranging two AO cells on the same plane, this architecture can be implemented in a compact form. The proposed architecture has a capability of performing parallel multiple crosscorrelations by adding AO cells on the input plane. The theoretical analysis and preliminary experimental results are presented.

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S. T. Francis, Toshio Nagata, and Bahram Javidi "Optical Architecture Of Acousto-Optic Cell Real-Time Correlation", Proc. SPIE 0753, Acousto-Optic, Electro-Optic, & Magneto-Optic Devices & Applications, (10 June 1987); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.939943

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