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AUTHOR
María J. Yzuel
Fullin-situcharacterization of spatial light modulators in an optical correlator. Filter adaptation to operating curves
Abstract In this paper we present one method for the characterization of the spatial light modulators (SLMs) of a real-time Vander Lugt type of correlator. This correlator uses two SLMs: one to introduce the scene and a second to introduce the frequency‐matched filter. The SLM characterization methods are in situ, that is in the correlator set‐up. Illumination conditions are different for each SLM, and consequently different characterization techniques must be used in each case. For the characterization of the scene SLM a diffraction method is used, while for the characterization of the filter SLM an interferometric technique is more convenient. Finally, we take into account the operating c…
Recognition Of Polychromatic Test By Multi-Channel Correlation Filtering
A wavelength-multichannel correlation technique based on matched filtering is proposed to identify a colour object with a non uniform colour distribution. The filters are matched to the object which is illuminated with different wavelengths. This correlation gives the information of colour distribution in addition to other information usually obtained from image recognition. The theoretical study of this technique, numerical simulations and discussion are presented.
Experimental multichannel recognition capability of polychromatic objects using optical correlators
Polychromatic object recognition by multichannel correlation is experimentally achieved. Model objects whose shape changes with the wavelength of the illumination beam were used. Highpass matched filters were employed. The results confirm previous numerical simulations 1.
Real-time binary-amplitude phase-only filters.
A real-time binary-amplitude phase-only filter (BAPOF) implemented in available phase-only modulators is presented. The BAPOF has an amplitude transmission equal to one only in a region of support, while the transmission is equal to zero in the complementary region. To implement zero transmission in a phase-only modulator we propose to add a linear phase to the region of support. In this way the correlation desired is obtained off axis. Computer simulations and experimental results obtained with this technique are given.
Different strategies in optical recognition of polychromatic images.
We treat two different problems in the recognition of polychromatic images: (1) recognition of an object with a given shape and color combination; (2) recognition of an object regardless of its color combination. To solve each problem we propose different strategies. The number of filters and the objects to which the filters are matched vary with the strategy. Phase-only filters have been used to achieve recognition of both problems. Computer results are given for different targets and scenes to show the behavior of the proposed strategies.