Optical Systems and Statistical Optics.

Abstract

A novel optical transform system has been conceived and demonstrated. It consists of a twin imaging interferometer followed by an all glass Fourier achromat, a CCD array, and an electronic digital computer. This final report has brief descriptions of publications made on this topic during the contract period with the papers appended for easy reference. A comprehensive study has also been made of the performance of holographic optical elements. It has been found that general operating features of complicated elements are most easily explained quantitatively by a phased scatter analysis. However, precise quantitative performance is best analyzed using a modified form of thin grating decomposition. Keywords: Optical transform; Hartley transform; cosine transform; sine transform; holographic optical element; wavelength dependence; charged coupled devices.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 24, 1987
Accession Number
ADA180825

Entities

People

  • Nicholas George

Organizations

  • University of Rochester

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computers
  • Computing Devices
  • Contracts
  • Decomposition
  • Digital Computers
  • Holographic Optical Elements
  • Interferometers
  • Optics

Fields of Study

  • Engineering
  • Physics

Readers

  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Phased Array Antenna Design.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics