Parallel Image Processing Algorithms Based on Mathematical Morphology Using a Multiple-Imaging System

Morphological techniques are applied to binary image processors in a multiple-imaging optical system and the following algorithms are proposed: performing morphological basic operations, extraction of boundary lines, detection of characteristic points in small-scale patterns, elimination of salt noises with few pixels, and smoothing of boundaries. Techniques for processing a complicated binary image are demonstrated using the algorithms and a hybrid parallel computing system with a simple optical multiple-imaging system and a personal computer.     

Alternating approach of implementing frequency encoded all-optical logic gates and flip-flop using semiconductor optical amplifier

In conduction of parallel logic, arithmetic and algebraic operations, optics has already proved its successful role. Since last few decades a number of established methods on optical data processing were proposed and to implement such processors different data encoding/decoding techniques have also been reported. Currently frequency encoding technique is found be a promising as well as a faithful mechanism for the conversion of all-optical processing as the frequency of light remains unaltered after refection, refraction, absorption, etc. during the transmission of light. There are already proposed some frequency encoded optical logic gates. In this communication the authors propose a new and different concept of frequency encoded optical logic gates and optical flip-flop using the non-linear function of semiconductor optical amplifier.     

All optical latches using quantum-dot semiconductor optical amplifier

The design and performance of two optical latches, the Set-Reset (SR) latch and D-Flip-Flop has been studied. These latches are the building blocks of large optical processors. The latches are built using two optical logic operations NAND and NOT. Both NAND and NOT operations are realized by using Mach-Zhender interferometer (MZI) utilizing semiconductor optical amplifier with quantum dot active region (QD-SOA). Nonlinear dynamics including carrier heating and spectral hole-burning in the QD-SOA are taken into account together with the rate equations in order to realize the all-optical logic operations. Results show that this scheme can realize the functions of Set-Reset latch and D-Flip-Flop at high speeds (∼250 Gb/s). The dependence of the output quality (Q factor) on QD-SOA parameters is also discussed.     

Prolongability of Ordinary Differential Equations

We extend the notion of deformation to inverse operations of restrictions of completely integrable systems to regular or singular locus, and call the extended notion prolongation. We show that a prolongability determines uniquely a Fuchsian ordinary differential equation of rank three with three regular singular points. This seems similar to that the deformation equation determines the accessory parameters as a function of the geometric moduli. Relations between prolongations and middle convolutions is also studied.     

Method of implementing frequency-encoded NOT,OR and NOR logic operations using lithium niobate waveguide and reflecting semiconductor optical amplifiers

Optics has already proved its strong potentiality for the conduction of parallel logic, arithmetic and algebraic operations. In the last few decades several all-optical data processors were proposed. To implement these processors different data encoding/decoding techniques have been reported. In this context, polarization encoding technique, intensitybased encoding technique, tristate and quaternary logic operation, multivalued logic operations, symbolic substitution techniques etc. may be mentioned. Very recently, frequency encoding/decoding technique has drawn interest from the scientific community. Frequency is the fundamental character of any signal; and it remains unaltered in reflection, refraction, absorption etc. during the propagation and transmission of the signal. This is the most important advantage of frequency encoding technique over the conventional encoding techniques. In this communication the authors propose a new scheme for implementing NOT, OR and NOR logic operations. For this purpose co-propagating beams having different frequencies in C-band (1535–1560 nm) have been used for generating cascaded sum and difference frequency, exploiting the nonlinear response character of periodically poled LiNbO₃ waveguide. The cross-gain modulation property of the semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) and the wavelength conversion property of the reflecting semiconductor optical amplifiers (RSOA) are exploited here to implement the desired optical logic and arithmetic operations.     

Circuit designs of ultra-fast all-optical modified signed-digit adders using semiconductor optical amplifier and Mach-Zehnder interferometer

The need for increasingly high-speed digital optical systems and optical processors demands ultra-fast all-optical logic and arithmetic units. In this paper, we combine the attractive and powerful parallelism property of the modified signed-digit (MSD) number representation with the ultra-fast all-optical switching property of the semiconductor optical amplifier and Mach-Zehnder interferometer (SOA-MZI) to design and implement all-optical MSD adder/subtracter circuits. Non-minimized and minimized techniques are presented to design and realize efficient circuits to perform arithmetic operations. Several all-optical circuits’ designs are proposed with the objective to minimize the number of the SOA-MZI switches, the time delay units in the adders, and other optical elements. To use the switching property of the SOA-MZI structure, two bits per digit binary encoding for each of the trinary MSD digits are used. The proposed optical circuits will be very helpful in developing hardware modules for optical digital computing processors.     

Multi-parties Controlled Dense Coding via Maximal Slice States and the Physical Realization Using the Optical Elements

An efficient scheme for controlled dense coding is presented with the aid of the introduction of auxiliary particles, appropriate local unitary operations and measurement basis. In this proposal, the four-qubits maximal slice state, which belongs to partially entangled states, is used as quantum channel. The concrete implementation procedures for our scheme with one sender, one receiver and two controllers are given in detail, and the average transmitted classical information from the sender to the receiver is calculated. Additionally, the physical realization of this proposal is discussed based on the optical elements.     

A method of optical implementation of frequency encoded different logic operations using second harmonic and difference frequency generation techniques in non-linear material

Optics has already been proved its successful roles for conduction of parallel logic, arithmetic and algebraic operations. Since last few decades many types of optical data processors were proposed. To implement these processors different data encoding/decoding techniques have been reported. In this context polarization encoding technique, tristate, quartenary logic, multivalued logic, symbolic substitution techniques etc. may be mentioned. Very recently, frequency encoding/decoding technique have also been well established. The potential advantage of frequency dependent encoding/decoding is that, as the frequency being the fundamental character of a signal; it will remain unaltered in reflection, refraction, absorption etc. during transmission of the signal. In this communication the authors propose a scheme for implementing different logic operations adopting frequency based encoding technique. For this purpose the second harmonic generation and difference frequency generation techniques are used by exploiting the non-linear response character of some materials.     

A hybrid optical-digital processor for image deblurring

A hybrid optical-digital image processing system is developed for deblurring out-of-focus pictures. The optical part is a dual-channel non-coherent processor which implements the Wiener filter for deblurring through appropriate pupil functions. The methods of implementing the bipolar PSF in a non-coherent processor are described, as are the methods of determining the pupil functions from the given PSFs. The digital part of the processor subtracts or demodulates the outputs from the dual-channel optical processor to give the final deblurred picture. The pupil functions are experimentally realized and the deblurred outputs are presented.     

入射角和薄片表面特性对激光干涉测温的影响

以激光干涉为理论基础,采用具有不同表面光学特性的单晶硅片和K-8光学玻璃为样品,针对不同的测量条件,研究干涉条纹对比度变化对温度测量的影响.分析了薄片干涉条纹对比度与测量光束直径、入射角、样品表面粗糙度以及表面镀膜之间的相互关系,研究了薄片的横向温度梯度对干涉对比度的影响.实验结果表明,上述各因素对温度测量参量对比度产生的影响具有规律性,并在一定对比度阈值条件下,能够满足精确测温的条件要求.     

The role of nonlinear diode laser amplifiers in optical processors and interconnects

The advantages to be gained from the use of optical processors and interconnects for hybrid electronic/optical signal processing networks are first presented. The physics of nonlinear diode laser amplifiers is then examined in the context of optical thresholding and logic. Specific examples of the use of these devices in simple optical processors and interconnects are proposed. The technology required for realization of arrays of laser amplifiers for the proposed applications is finally discussed.     

Bragg diffraction of light by a set of parallel phase gratings: Analysis and applications

Bragg diffraction of light by a set of parallel phase gratings is considered, utilizing two-dimensional coupled-wave theory. The diffraction characteristics of a Bragg-type spatial light modulator are presented. It is shown that the resolution limit and the accuracy of spatial light modulation are determined by the geometry parameter of the grating. The results obtained are used for the choice of the design parameters of various optical Bragg processors.     

Photonic properties of strongly correlated colloidal liquids

The optical and structural properties of dense colloidal suspensions in the presence of long-range electrostatic repulsion are determined from both light and small-angle neutron scattering experiments. Short-range structural order induces an enhancement of the scattering strength while at the same time the total transmission shows strong wavelength dependence, reminiscent of a photonic crystal. Interestingly, the interplay between diffusive scattering and local order leads to negative values of the scattering anisotropy parameter. The tunable optical properties of these liquids furthermore suggest potential applications such as transparency switches or filters.     

高效率获得阵列信号光源的新途径

根据图像反差倒转的概念,提出了一种高效率产生多光束照明信号的新方法.这种技术可望应用于研制阵列处理器或光计算机所需的阵列信号光源.本文给出了产生阵列信号光源的实验结果,并进行了讨论.     

用光电混合系统解线性方程组

本文提出一种用于迭代法求解线性方程组的光电混合系统。该系统的光学部分主要由单个全息透镜组成,它执行矩阵与矢量的乘法运算;系统的其余部分执行矢量的测量与求和,它由CCD探测器件和一台微机组成。使用这个光电混合系统,用迭代法对一个4元线性方程组求解,实验结果与理论解比较,误差约为5％。     

Optical processing of one-dimensional signals

Long one-dimensional signals can be processed efficiently by optical methods if they are represented in a two-dimensional version. We show that by choosing an appropriate scanning pattern either new types of operations can be synthesized or classical operations like Fourier transformation or correlation can be implemented for this type of signals. Besides coherent illumination, incoherent light can also be used in order to reduce stability requirements, to increase the signal to noise ratio and to accommodate self-luminous inputs.     

排序击中击不中变换及其光学实现

基于对形态学灰度排序击中击不中变换的取阈方法的研究,提出了单通道排序击中击不中变换,探讨了相应的光学实现,与码编码击不击不中变换相比,由于仅仅使用了原始图像因而更于光学实现,扩大了以击中击不中变换为基础的光学数学形态学处理系统的容噪性和自理能力。     

利用二阶方向导数极大值检测红外小目标

为提高复杂环境下红外小目标的检测率,提出了基于二阶方向导数极大值的红外小目标检测算法。该算法首先对二阶方向导数的性质进行了分析,对极大值进行阈值翻转操作,将背景中的平坦成分和边缘成分剔除。接着,根据小面模型对背景进行预测,并以预测误差为权值进一步增强小目标区域。以上2个步骤的计算可通过4个卷积实现,加快了检测速度。最后,对少量候选小目标计算局部对比度,降低了虚警率。实验结果表明：该检测算法在6种复杂背景下平均信杂比增益为78.413 0,平均背景抑制因子为35.079 6,具有较强的鲁棒性和较高的检测率。     

Hydrophobic optical elements for near-field optical analysis (NOA) in liquid environment--a preliminary study.

Near-field Scanning Optical Microscopy (NSOM) in liquid environment is expected to allow time resolved morphological mappings on cellular surfaces on the nanoscale level. Near-field Optical Analysis (NOA) via NSOM exploits the energy transfer from the tip of an optical element (tip diameter > or = 20nm), oscillating within the range of the characteristic length of the energy transfer ( approximately 10nm) in the near-field of the surface to be analysed. In NOA, a molecular assembly is monitored by visible light with a resolution far below the wavelength of visible light. Actually, NOA is successfully applied in mapping local optical contrasts, for instance in photonic crystals with dielectric periodicities on the nanoscale. NSOM could in principle be performed in two different modes: tapping mode, with tip-oscillations perpendicular, or shear force mode, with tip-oscillations parallel to the substrate. Both basic modes have specific advantages and disadvantages. In biological systems (e.g. in cell cultures), where scanning in liquids is prevalent, elongated optical elements non-invasively operated in the shear force modus could have some specific advantages when compared to contact modus systems. While tapping mode NSOM provides satisfactory nanoscale images even on solid surfaces covered with millimetres of liquids, the performance of shear force mode NSOM is presently largely confined to operations on dry samples. This is due to the inability of conventional shear force mode NSOM systems to provide sharp topographic images of sample surfaces substantially covered with liquids. By equipping a conventional NSOM system with hydrophobic optical elements, shear force mode based topographic images could be obtained on biological samples in dry as well as in aqueous environment, and with resolutions on the nanoscale level.