Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the first results of a continuing study on the use of a Spatial Light Modulator in a pattern recognition system. The specific SLM that is being studied was built by Lockheed Missiles and Space Company Inc. of Palo Alto Ca.¹ and is on loan to the University of Alabama in Huntsville. This SLM, an optically addressed device, is being used as a spatial filter in a pattern recognition system. The results of a computer study into the most advantageous use of the SLM will be presented as well as the experimental test plan that has been devised from these results.

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