Optical correlator architecture for the identification of many patterns with a multiplexed matched filter

N. Manivannan; Mark A. A. Neil; Edward G. S. Paige

doi:10.1117/12.270400

27 March 1997 Optical correlator architecture for the identification of many patterns with a multiplexed matched filter

N. Manivannan, Mark A. A. Neil, Edward G. S. Paige

Proceedings Volume 3073, Optical Pattern Recognition VIII; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.270400
Event: AeroSense '97, 1997, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

We have investigated a novel coherent optical correlator architecture for both recognizing and distinguishing between a plurality of patterns using only a single fixed binary phase-only matched filter, referred to here as a multiplexed filter. In order to utilize the filer space effectively we have introduced a novel spread spectrum technique for coding the input patterns, so called overlay encoding, suing a random high frequency binary phase-only mask. We have shown how standard optimization techniques can be used to design a multiplexed filter, which is capable of producing a set of codes in the output plane when the corresponding elements of a set of input patterns are presented in the input plane. The theoretical analysis has been verified experimentally using commercially available ferroelectric liquid crystal spatial light modulators.

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N. Manivannan, Mark A. A. Neil, and Edward G. S. Paige "Optical correlator architecture for the identification of many patterns with a multiplexed matched filter", Proc. SPIE 3073, Optical Pattern Recognition VIII, (27 March 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.270400

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