MULTICHANNEL ACOUSTOOPTIC CORRELATOR THAT USES A LOW-COHERENCE SOURCE

Authors
GOEDGEBUER JP FERRIERE R
Citation
Jp. Goedgebuer et R. Ferriere, MULTICHANNEL ACOUSTOOPTIC CORRELATOR THAT USES A LOW-COHERENCE SOURCE, Optics letters, 20(11), 1995, pp. 1343-1345
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
20
Issue
11
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1343 - 1345
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1995)20:11<1343:MACTUA>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
We describe a time-integrating acousto-optic correlator that allows se veral channels to be multiplexed optically by means of a coherence-mul tiplexed superluminescent laser diode. Parallel channels are generated by birefringent electro-optic modulators set in cascade to induce opt ical path differences greater than the coherence length of the source. The system can be combined with most of the other previously reported multichannel techniques used in acousto-optic processors.