Spatially incoherent holographic correlator
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1. An incoherent holographic correlator, comprising:
- an array of individually activatable surface-emitting diode lasers, said diode lasers being optically non-coherent among themselves when more than one of said diode lasers are activated;
means for simultaneously activating a selected plurality of said diode lasers to form an emitting pattern;
a hologram impressed with at least one reference pattern and irradiated with said emitting pattern; and
a surface upon which images reconstructed through said hologram by all of said activated diodes lasers are overlapped.
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Abstract
An incoherent holographic correlator comprising a two-dimensional array of surface-emitting lasers which are selectable in an arbitrary pattern so as to emit a beam containing the pattern. The pattern is spatially incoherent because the lasers are not phase-locked but it is temporally coherent. The beams are collimated onto a recorded hologram, and each of the beams produces a diffracted beam from the recording. All the diffracted beams are focused onto an imaging plane. A high-intensity spot represents a strong correlation between the selected pattern on the laser array and the image previously recorded in the hologram.
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14 Claims
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1. An incoherent holographic correlator, comprising:
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an array of individually activatable surface-emitting diode lasers, said diode lasers being optically non-coherent among themselves when more than one of said diode lasers are activated; means for simultaneously activating a selected plurality of said diode lasers to form an emitting pattern; a hologram impressed with at least one reference pattern and irradiated with said emitting pattern; and a surface upon which images reconstructed through said hologram by all of said activated diodes lasers are overlapped. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An integrated incoherent holographic correlator, comprising:
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a spacer substantially transparent at a wavelength; an array of surface-emitting lasers emitting at said wavelength and formed on a first side of said spacer; at least one photodetector responsive to said wavelength and formed on said first side of said spacer; a lens having a focal length, formed on a second side of said spacer and separated from said array of surface-emitting lasers by an optical distance equal to said focal length; and a hologram integratedly attached to a side of said lens opposite from said spacer. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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