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Edge Enhancement and Edge-Enhanced Correlation with Photorefractive Polymers
Applied Optics
  • Partha P. Banerjee, University of Dayton
  • Esam Gad, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command
  • Tracy Hudson, Aviation and Missile Command
  • Deanna McMillen, Zebra Imaging
  • Hossin Abdeldayem, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
  • Donald Frazier, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
  • Kenji Matsushita, Osaka City University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-1-2000
Abstract

We demonstrate a simple all-optical realization of programmable edge enhancement and edge-enhanced correlation using novel photorefractive polymers. We show that the higher non-Bragg order in a two-beam coupling scheme contains the edge enhancement of the object when placed in the path of one of the incident beams. Also, this arrangement provides a scheme for writing joint transform correlation dynamic holograms, which can be read by a third beam. The correlation is edge enhanced, and the correlation peak increases with the applied bias voltage. Numerical results without and with beam fanning are presented. Theoretical predictions are reconciled with experimental results.

Inclusive pages
5337-5346
ISBN/ISSN
1559-128X
Comments

Permission documentation is on file.

Publisher
Optical Society of America
Peer Reviewed
Yes
Citation Information
Partha P. Banerjee, Esam Gad, Tracy Hudson, Deanna McMillen, et al.. "Edge Enhancement and Edge-Enhanced Correlation with Photorefractive Polymers" Applied Optics Vol. 39 Iss. 29 (2000)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/partha_banerjee/50/