摘要:
A system is described for measuring the distance to an object by comparing a first component (18) of a light pulse that is reflected off the object (14), with a second component (20) of the light pulse that passes along a reference path (26) of known length, which provides great accuracy with a relatively simple and rugged design. The reference path (26) can be changed in precise steps so that is has an equivalent length approximately equal to the path length of the light pulse component that is reflected from the object. The resulting small difference in path lengths can be precisely determined by directing the light pulse components into opposite ends of a detector (70) formed of a material that emits a second harmonic light output at the locations where the opposite-going pulses pass simultaneously across one another.
摘要:
A multiple-invariant, space variant optical processor in which two functions described by any number of separate distortion parameters can be correlated with no loss in signal-to-noise ratio of the correlation. The unknown distortion parameters can also be determined in this scheme. Experimental confirmation of the key step, determination of the non-linear phase portion of a complex optical transform can be provided.