Real-Time Implementation of Nonlinear Optical Processing Functions.

Abstract

Optical data processing has not yet achieved its potential of increased capacity and speed compared with conventional electronic techniques, primarily for lack of a practical real-time image modulator, and because optical techniques have been almost exclusively limited to linear operations. The continuing research outlined in this report attacks these issues by studying the implementation of real-time nonlinear parallel-processing techniques. The various implementations studied in this program all employed real-time liquid-crystal light valves developed and specially modified for these tasks.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA138843

Entities

People

  • B. H. Soffer

Organizations

  • HRL Laboratories

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Crystals
  • Data Processing
  • Image Processing
  • Information Processing
  • Liquid Crystals
  • Materials Science
  • Modulators
  • Optical Processing
  • Optical Properties
  • Optics
  • Parallel Computing
  • Parallel Processing
  • Refractive Index
  • Spatial Distribution
  • Two Dimensional
  • Waveplates

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Vision.
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics