Scale-Tunable Optical Correlation with Natural Light
Applied Optics, Vol. 40, Issue 32, pp. 5911-5920 (2001)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.40.005911
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Abstract
We describe two different scale-tunable optical correlators working under totally incoherent light. They behave as spatially incoherent wavelength-independent imaging systems with an achromatic point-spread function (PSF). In both cases it is possible to adapt the scale of the achromatic PSF, i.e., to modify the scaling factor of the PSF and preserve the chromatic compensation, by one’s shifting the input along the optical axis. The remarkable properties of these systems allow us to carry out a scale-tunable color pattern-recognition experiment with natural light.
© 2001 Optical Society of America
OCIS Codes
(050.1970) Diffraction and gratings : Diffractive optics
(070.4550) Fourier optics and signal processing : Correlators
(070.4560) Fourier optics and signal processing : Data processing by optical means
(070.5010) Fourier optics and signal processing : Pattern recognition
(220.1000) Optical design and fabrication : Aberration compensation
(220.4830) Optical design and fabrication : Systems design
Citation
Gladys Mínguez-Vega, Jesús Lancis, Enrique Tajahuerce, Vicent Climent, Mercedes Fernández-Alonso, Amparo Pons, and Pedro Andrés, "Scale-Tunable Optical Correlation with Natural Light," Appl. Opt. 40, 5911-5920 (2001)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-40-32-5911
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