Abstract

The recently introduced concept of entropy optimized filters¹ led to optical correlators of very good discrimination even in the presence of substantial noise. Various numerical procedures were found to be quite effective in the generation of regular holographic filters. However, the convergence of most of these algorithms was inadequate for phase-only filters due to the fast variations in these filters. In this work we show that procedures of simulated annealing are suitable also for the generation of phase-only filters leading to high quality performance. To improve the process of filter generation, electrooptic architectures are proposed for their implementation.

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