Optical real-time sensor of fractal dimension and engineering applications

Michael Snowbell; Lawrence H. Domash

doi:10.1117/12.167539

1 March 1994 Optical real-time sensor of fractal dimension and engineering applications

Michael Snowbell, Lawrence H. Domash

Proceedings Volume 2037, Chaos/Nonlinear Dynamics: Methods and Commercialization; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.167539
Event: SPIE's 1993 International Symposium on Optics, Imaging, and Instrumentation, 1993, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

This article is a progress report on the efforts of the applied optics group of Foster-Miller to develop methods of analog optical processing and nonlinear optical techniques to derive a reliable, simple and instantaneous measurement device for d_f. In this paper we discuss algorithms suitable for optical implementation, some of our experiments to test various approaches, and preliminary evaluations of various potential applications to monitoring processes such as two-phase hydrodynamic flow, polymer film manufacture, and microparticle impact damage in space vehicles. Also we discuss some possible extensions of the optical fractal sensor approach to temporal data.

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Michael Snowbell and Lawrence H. Domash "Optical real-time sensor of fractal dimension and engineering applications", Proc. SPIE 2037, Chaos/Nonlinear Dynamics: Methods and Commercialization, (1 March 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.167539

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