Abstract: One or more input signals to be processed are summed with a pseudo random noise signal to preserve the signal phase, are placed on a carrier, are processed by a one-dimensional optical spectrum analyzer, and a time history thereof is stored in a digital corner-turn memory in a time/frequency domain. The memory is read with an address map that corner-turns the stored data, where the resulting frequency/time signal then is fed to a second one-dimensional optical spectrum analyzer. Since signal phase is preserved, a two-dimensional analog signal in a frequency/frequency plane is provided.

Abstract: A hologram, produced by illuminating an object via a coherent light source and associated optics, or by digital components or photographic components, is imaged onto, for example, a television camera to selectively provide either a real time, or a non-real time, system. When written directly onto the camera, the hologram is used in a real time system, whereas the digital or film input to the camera provides the combination for a non-real time system. The image is converted into a corresponding electrical video signal via the camera, and the signal is supplied to a selected spatial light modulator. Subsequent illumination by a read coherent light source reconstructs the hologram into a three-dimensional image of the original subject matter, which then may be viewed via a selected optics system.

Abstract: An improved joint transform correlator system frequency multiplexes two input signals to reduce the resolution along a single optical axis by one half, and uses full input transducer resolution in the other axis to provide a 20% increase in overall system performance. The two input channels are combined by summing baseband channel 1 information with reference channel 2 information which is frequency shifted using single sideband modulation techniques. The resultant signal is used to drive an input transducer of an optical system. The input transducer spatially modulates the light from a laser. A frequency plane is produced by the input optics, where the spatially separated channels may be observed. An interferometer is used to further process the signal information by combining the two channels at the joint transform plane. The combined signals are then written onto an optical-to-optical transducer where the joint transforms are multiplied together through a detection process.