Abstract:
The present invention relates to double-diffraction optical correlators. According to the invention there is provided a multi-channel optical correlator for shape recognition wherein the lenses and the filters are all constituted by patterns of fringes ; each channel is fed from a quasi-monochromatic and quasi-punctiform light source, which may be spatially incoherent.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to stimulated emission radiation sources and, more precisely, to a dye laser in which the wavelength of the radiation emitted is varied by modifying the voltage applied to a thin film of a cholesteric liquid crystal which replaces one of the mirrors of the resonant optical cavity. This invention can be used as an adjustable wavelength coherent radiation source.
Abstract:
An image converter comprising, between two transparent electrodes connected to a d.c. supply source, a layer of nematic liquid crystal and a layer of photoconductive material located against each other. An image to be converted is projected onto the photoconductive layer and the liquid crystal layer is illuminated by an auxiliary light source.
Abstract:
A storage-type image converter of the photoconductor and liquid crystal kind comprises a photoconductive film arranged beside a film of a mixture of nematic-cholesteric liquid crystals; electrical bias means for successively applying to said films a direct write-in voltage and an alternating erase voltage, an auxiliary light source making it possible to recover the information stored, and stigmatic optical means being provided to project said information on to a viewing screen or on to a photographic substrate or carrier associated with a photocopier.
Abstract:
A flexible disc is provided on at least one face of which an image is recorded along a spiral track in heliographic form. Under the action of a monochromatic light beam this image is obtained as a floating image. An arrangement is provided for playing back such discs. The invention is particularly applicable to television.
Abstract:
The invention relates to stimulated emission radiation source and more precisely to a dye laser in which the control of the emitted radiation wavelength is effected by varying the quality factor of the resonant cavity by means of a thin film of a nematic liquid crystal arranged between two polarisers, the double-refracting property of the film being controlled by a voltage applied through transparent electrodes.