During the past years, rapid progress has been made in the development of optically bistable semiconductor devices that may be the key elements in future photonic switching and information processingsystems. This pap...
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A hybrid electrooptical ESM intercept receiver is presented which utilizes two parallel optoelectronic subprocessors in the front-end to digitize the autocorrelation function and the bispectrum of the wavefront (and n...
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A hybrid electrooptical ESM intercept receiver is presented which utilizes two parallel optoelectronic subprocessors in the front-end to digitize the autocorrelation function and the bispectrum of the wavefront (and not the signal itself) in to be processed by a digital processor. Wavefront-correlation subprocessor output results based on simulation with a high-resolution spectral estimator (modified Yule-Walker) under various broadband signal-to-noise ratios and pulse densities are presented to demonstrate the superiority of such an approach. The false targets resulting from a second-order nonlinear phase coupling can be identified through higher-order spectra (bispectra). The wavefront-bispectral subprocessor identifies these false targets in real time. Simulation output results are also shown. The combined use of high-speed (but limited-precision) opticalprocessing and low-speed (but high-precision) digital electronics can lead to improved dynamic range, high resolution, and the ability to track, detect, and properly classify high-density time-varying signals. Throughput rate, sensitivity, and frequency measurement error analysis are also discussed.
In the design of any high quality scanner utilizing a linear CCD imager, a set of features is required that is largely independent of the application. At the front end, sensor clocking signals are generated and analog...
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Early experience of new forms of adaptive filtering for ultrasound speckle reduction and parametric imaging, using off-line conventional digitalprocessing, has been sufficiently encouraging to warrant attempts to bui...
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Acoustooptic space-time light modulators (STLMs) are used as input devices in optical information processingsystems, real-time rf signalprocessing devices, and page formers in optoelectronic devices. The information...
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Acoustooptic space-time light modulators (STLMs) are used as input devices in optical information processingsystems, real-time rf signalprocessing devices, and page formers in optoelectronic devices. The information capacity of such STLMs can be as high as 104 bits and the rate of processing - 109 bits/s. The two dimensional image of optical data in an acoustooptic STLM is formed by short acoustic pulses whose length is determined by the size of the light bits in the direction of propagation of the optical beam. The data pattern produced is not fixed but moves with the speed of sound in the STLM material.
A hybridoptical/digital correlator filter synthesis architecture for distortion-invariant pattern recognition and scene analysis is described. Distortion-invariant correlation filter synthetic discriminant function d...
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Synthetic aperture radar pacing technology areas are explored in terms of projected capabilities that will produce the most benefits for ocean users. The current state of the art and expected future developments in da...
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Synthetic aperture radar pacing technology areas are explored in terms of projected capabilities that will produce the most benefits for ocean users. The current state of the art and expected future developments in data handling and onboard signalprocessing are presented at a functional module level. The discussion covers optical and digitalimageprocessing, and digital downlink, the high-rate recorder, and the ground data system. The analysis indicates that the primary technology driver is in the spaceborne imagesignal processor. optical, digital, or combination hybrid designs can be considered for space-based implementations.< >
Spectrum analysis has been shown as one of the most useful techniques in modern science. Virtually every discipline makes use of it in one form or another. Generally, spectrum analysis has been performed by electronic...
Spectrum analysis has been shown as one of the most useful techniques in modern science. Virtually every discipline makes use of it in one form or another. Generally, spectrum analysis has been performed by electronic systems. However, due to the fundamental simplicity, parallelism and intrinsic speed of opticalprocessingsystems, the usefulness of optical spectrum analysis has grown remarkably in the past decade. These features of the optical system offer an alternative in designing spectrum analyzers for temporal signals. This thesis describes various designs of optical spectrum analyzer for temporal signals, especially for those signals within the audio frequency range. Since the processing of temporal signal by optical means necessitates the transformation of the signals to spatial formats, different temporal-to-spatial signal conversion techniques are reviewed. The general characteristics of recording media used in the signal conversion process are discussed. The designs of time-signaloptical spectrum analyzers are classified as on-line (real-time) and off-line (non-real-time) spectrum analyzers based on the recording medium used in temporal-to-spatial conversion process. Three different types of optical spectrum analyzers in off-line case are described. The design of a continuous single channel spectrum analyzer is emphasized because of its simplicity and suitability for the signal of interest. In addition, a white-light optical spectrum analyzer operated under partially coherent mode is designed and evaluated. The spectrograms generated from this white-light optical system are frequency color coded, which in turn, provide a better visual discrimination in the frequency contents of the signal. Moreover, a hybridoptical spectrum analyzer is synthesized for an on-line case by means of a real-time image converter, LCLV, in conjunction with a home-built digital electronic control circuit. The feasibility of a real-time optical spectrum analyzer is also studied.
The major aims of this project are: to simulate and develop a hybridoptical/digital cross correlator for use in 2D real time image pattern recognition, investigate accuracy and limitations of the hybrid cross correla...
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The major aims of this project are: to simulate and develop a hybridoptical/digital cross correlator for use in 2D real time image pattern recognition, investigate accuracy and limitations of the hybrid cross correlator compared to an ideal digital cross correlator.
A new hybrid, direct, real-time, and parallel analog-to-digital (A/D) conversion system has been theoretically and experimentally investigated. Basically this system consists of an A/D conversion screen, a photosensor...
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A new hybrid, direct, real-time, and parallel analog-to-digital (A/D) conversion system has been theoretically and experimentally investigated. Basically this system consists of an A/D conversion screen, a photosensor panel, a comparator, and a coder. For the purpose of designing an A/D conversion screen, various quantizer characteristics and the minimization of the mean-square distortion are briefly described. Based on the quantizer characteristics, the design algorithms of the A/D conversion screen are developed. It is found that charge-coupled device (CCD), charge-injection device (CID), and metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) photodiode image sensor arrays can be used for the large-area hybrid A/D conversion system, and photodiode or photocell arrays can be applied for a single-pixel A/D conversion system. An error analysis shows that the conversion errors result from the discrepancy between the fabricated and designed transmittance function of the screen cells and the nonuniform characteristics of the photosensors. Also, this system is theoretically compared with existing electronic A/D conver-sion systems. To show the feasibility of this system, a single-pixel 16-level A/D conversion system using a single-cell 16-level A/D conver-sion screen, a photosensor panel of 16 photocells, and accessory elec-tronic circuits is designed, constructed, and experimented with input op-tical signals. The experimental results proved that this system can be used for achieving A/D conversion of both coherent or incoherent and monochromatic or polychromatic opticalsignals. The system can be potentially applied for the interface at the optical input of a digital computer for real-time optical data processing, picture coding, and optical telemetry.
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