Engineering aspects of the two-beam coupling correlator

Authors
Khoury, J Gianino, PD Woods, CL
Citation
J. Khoury et al., Engineering aspects of the two-beam coupling correlator, OPT ENG, 39(5), 2000, pp. 1177-1183
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
OPTICAL ENGINEERING
ISSN journal
00913286 → ACNP
Volume
39
Issue
5
Year of publication
2000
Pages
1177 - 1183
Database
ISI
SICI code
0091-3286(200005)39:5<1177:EAOTTC>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
We perform computer simulations and theoretical modeling to predict the loc ation of the best operating point of the two-beam coupling joint transform correlator. From this study, we determine that the highest speed and resolu tion as well as the optimal trade-off between correlation peak intensity, e fficiency, and noise performance is realized when the holographic material is thin and operates with relatively small negative gain. (C) 2000 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers. [S0091-3286(00)01105-3].