Optical processing at MICOM

William A. Friday; Tracy Dean Hudson; James C. Kirsch

doi:10.1117/12.163578

9 November 1993 Optical processing at MICOM

William A. Friday, Tracy Dean Hudson, James C. Kirsch

Proceedings Volume 2026, Photonics for Processors, Neural Networks, and Memories; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.163578
Event: SPIE's 1993 International Symposium on Optics, Imaging, and Instrumentation, 1993, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The Weapons Sciences Directorate of the U.S. Army Missile Command has been directly involved in research and development of optical processing technology for several years. Extensive publications have described developments in several key areas of research. Current efforts are aimed toward military applications, for which optical processing offers great potential for improved speed and performance in automatic target detection, location, and recognition. Research is directed toward overcoming the remaining technical issues. Topics of investigation include: spatial light modulator performance and use; photorefractive materials for data storage; Vander Lugt, joint transform, and acousto-optic correlator designs; neural network implementations for morphological transforms, region and texture segmentation, rapid training techniques; and composite filter design, development, and implementation. This paper describes progress and accomplishments in some of these areas, with projections for future work.

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William A. Friday, Tracy Dean Hudson, and James C. Kirsch "Optical processing at MICOM", Proc. SPIE 2026, Photonics for Processors, Neural Networks, and Memories, (9 November 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.163578

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