Multichannel acousto-optic correlator for time-delay computation

Christopher W. Keefer; Michael E. Turbyfill; Harold Gregory Andrews II

doi:10.1117/12.179140

29 June 1994 Multichannel acousto-optic correlator for time delay computation

Christopher W. Keefer, Michael E. Turbyfill, Harold Gregory Andrews II

Proceedings Volume 2240, Advances in Optical Information Processing VI; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.179140
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Engineering and Photonics in Aerospace Sensing, 1994, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

We built and experimentally tested an in-line interferometric time integrating correlator. This design demonstrates performance improvements compared to other time integrating correlators, because the +1 diffracted orders, which carry the information to be correlated, travel over a common path and because the undiffracted light from the first acousto-optic (AO) cell is used as the input to the second AO cell. The architecture also provides control of the correlation spatial frequency to match the detector elements spatial frequency. The simplicity of the design, improved light efficiency, and increased optical stability make it an attractive alternative for applications in radar signal processing and spectrum analysis.

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Christopher W. Keefer, Michael E. Turbyfill, and Harold Gregory Andrews II "Multichannel acousto-optic correlator for time delay computation", Proc. SPIE 2240, Advances in Optical Information Processing VI, (29 June 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.179140

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