Optical stack filters using parallel fuzzy logic

Stack filters are more general and robust nonlinear filters than median filter, which possess threshold decomposition and stacking properties. Stack filters can be carried out one step using optical parallel fuzzy logic technique instead of three steps in threshold decomposition. All window, width 3 stack filters but two trivial stack filters are expressed in unified expression with coefficiencies to choose desired stack filter, so they are realized by an optical approach, window 3×3 separable stack filters can be realized by cascading the window width 3 stack filters. Window width 5 stack filters can be realized using the same method.     

Designing of an all-optical scheme for single input ternary logical operations

In this paper, for the first time to our knowledge, we propose and describe a novel design of single circuit capable of generating all the possible 27 logic functions for single input ternary (3-valued) logic system in all-optical domain. Here the different logical states have been represented by different polarized state of light. Terahertz optical asymmetric demultiplexer (TOAD) based interferometric switch plays a significant role as ultra-fast all-optical switching device. Proposed all-optical circuit is numerically investigated and simulated.     

Performance analysis of dispersion compensating optical FIR filters designed using a quasi-analytic synthesis approach

In this paper we investigate the performance of a quasi-analytic synthesis approach for dispersion compensating optical finite impulse response filters. It is shown by eye opening penalty and optical signal to noise ratio penalty calculations that with this method the filters dispersion can be adjusted reliably and with low effort to compensate for a specific amount of residual chromatic dispersion in optical transmission systems. The maximum attainable dispersion is then only limited by the filter order and the free spectral range rather then by optimization problems within the filter design.     

Exploring the need for localization in ensemble data assimilation using a hierarchical ensemble filter

Good performance with small ensemble filters applied to models with many state variables may require ‘localizing’ the impact of an observation to state variables that are ‘close’ to the observation. As a step in developing nearly generic ensemble filter assimilation systems, a method to estimate ‘localization’ functions is presented. Localization is viewed as a means to ameliorate sampling error when small ensembles are used to sample the statistical relation between an observation and a state variable. The impact of spurious sample correlations between an observation and model state variables is estimated using a ‘hierarchical ensemble filter’, where an ensemble of ensemble filters is used to detect sampling error. Hierarchical filters can adapt to a wide array of ensemble sizes and observational error characteristics with only limited heuristic tuning. Hierarchical filters can allow observations to efficiently impact state variables, even when the notion of ‘distance’ between the observation and the state variables cannot be easily defined. For instance, defining the distance between an observation of radar reflectivity from a particular radar and beam angle taken at 1133 GMT and a model temperature variable at 700 hPa 60 km north of the radar beam at 1200 GMT is challenging. The hierarchical filter estimates sampling error from a ‘group’ of ensembles and computes a factor between 0 and 1 to minimize sampling error. An a priori notion of distance is not required. Results are shown in both a low-order model and a simple atmospheric GCM. For low-order models, the hierarchical filter produces ‘localization’ functions that are very similar to those already described in the literature. When observations are more complex or taken at different times from the state specification (in ensemble smoothers for instance), the localization functions become increasingly distinct from those used previously. In the GCM, this complexity reaches a level that suggests that it would be difficult to define efficient localization functions a priori. There is a cost trade-off between running hierarchical filters or running a traditional filter with larger ensemble size. Hierarchical filters can be run for short training periods to develop localization statistics that can be used in a traditional ensemble filter to produce high quality assimilations at reasonable cost, even when the relation between observations and state variables is not well-known a priori. Additional research is needed to determine if it is ever cost-efficient to run hierarchical filters for large data assimilation problems instead of traditional filters with the corresponding total number of ensemble members.     

光电混合相关识别系统中匹配滤波器缩放比例的确定方法

在光电混合匹配滤波相关识别系统中,由于输入图像的频谱与匹配滤波器的形成方式不同,不能直接实现对应频率成份的准确对准。这个问题需要通过对匹配滤波器进行缩放来解决。根据透镜的傅里叶变换性质和计算全息理论,分别推导出输入图像的频谱的表达式和滤波空间光调制器加载了匹配滤波器后的透射函数的表达式,并根据这两个表达式得到匹配滤波器的缩放比例的公式,然后在实际的光学识别系统中对根据该公式计算的缩放比例进行了验证。实验结果表明,在该缩放比例下,相关峰的质量有较大改善,这说明此时输入图像的频谱与匹配滤波器对应频率成份实现了较好地对准。     

Synchronous implementation of optoelectronic NOR and XNOR logic gates using parallel synchronization of three chaotic lasers

The parallel synchronization of three chaotic lasers is used to emulate optoelectronic logic NOR and XNOR gates via modulating the light and the current. We deduce a logical computational equation that governs the chaotic synchronization, logical input, and logical output. We construct fundamental gates based on the three chaotic lasers and define the computational principle depending on the parallel synchronization. The logic gate can be implemented by appropriately synchronizing two chaotic lasers. The system shows practicability and flexibility because it can emulate synchronously an XNOR gate, two NOR gates, and so on. The synchronization can still be deteceted when mismatches exist with a certain range.     

Angular and power characteristics of noncollinear acousto-optic tunable filters

The angular and the power characteristics of noncollinear acousto-optic tunable filters are investigated both experimentally and theoretically. The dependencies of the acoustic wave frequency, the bandpass width and the diffraction efficiency of the filter are studied as functions of the angle of incidence of the optical wave and of the acoustic signal power density. These dependencies are illustrated and tested on the basis of a realized such a filter based on tellurium dioxide (TeO₂). A good agreement of theory and experiment is demonstrated, which indicates that the approach used can be effective in designing such devices.     

Filter design of composite trade-off filter with support regions to obtain invariant pattern recognition with defocused images

The discrimination capacity (DC) measures the ability of the filter in a pattern recognition problem to discriminate the target against other objects in the input scene. If the input scene is degraded by a defect of focus, then the DC is degraded and the pattern recognition process is worse. In this paper, we present a methodology based in the selection of ring frequency bands and in the design of the trade-off filters taking into account these frequencies to obtain several information channels. The information of all the channels is fused by means of the addition of all the channels and the geometric mean of them. Also individual channel analysis is shown. The influence on the DC and SNR of the added white noise in the input image is presented.     

空间与频率双性能的薄膜光学滤波器

通过耦合两个掺杂的一维光子晶体，提出了同时兼具频率和空间光学滤波双性能的一维光子晶体异质结结构.在一个宽的频带范围内, 该结构只允许法向入射的确定的一种中心频率光透过，偏离法向此中心频率光全反射; 而在这宽频带范围内其他频率所有的光在任何角方向都全反射. 关键词： 一维光子晶体 光学滤波器 光学薄膜 光通信     

A masking level difference due to harmonicity

The role of harmonicity in masking was studied by comparing the effect of harmonic and inharmonic maskers on the masked thresholds of noise probes using a three-alternative, forced-choice method. Harmonic maskers were created by selecting sets of partials from a harmonic series with an 88-Hz fundamental and 45 consecutive partials. Inharmonic maskers differed in that the partial frequencies were perturbed to nearby values that were not integer multiples of the fundamental frequency. Average simultaneous-masked thresholds were as much as 10 dB lower with the harmonic masker than with the inharmonic masker, and this difference was unaffected by masker level. It was reduced or eliminated when the harmonic partials were separated by more than 176 Hz, suggesting that the effect is related to the extent to which the harmonics are resolved by auditory filters. The threshold difference was not observed in a forward-masking experiment. Finally, an across-channel mechanism was implicated when the threshold difference was found between a harmonic masker flanked by harmonic bands and a harmonic masker flanked by inharmonic bands. A model developed to explain the observed difference recognizes that an auditory filter output envelope is modulated when the filter passes two or more sinusoids, and that the modulation rate depends on the differences among the input frequencies. For a harmonic masker, the frequency differences of adjacent partials are identical, and all auditory filters have the same dominant modulation rate. For an inharmonic masker, however, the frequency differences are not constant and the envelope modulation rate varies across filters. The model proposes that a lower variability facilitates detection of a probe-induced change in the variability, thus accounting for the masked threshold difference. The model was supported by significantly improved predictions of observed thresholds when the predictor variables included envelope modulation rate variance measured using simulated auditory filters.     

双Toraldo光瞳的共焦系统

Toraldo光瞳是超分辨中研究最多的光瞳之一.不过，由于实际中在制作精确度以及制造效率上的限制，它的应用受到了很大程度的制约.提出了双Toraldo光瞳的共焦系统，它能够用两个相对容易制作的Toraldo光瞳实现多区复杂Toraldo光瞳的功能. 关键词： 超分辨 Toraldo光瞳 共焦成像     

A new mixed birefringent filter

Birefringent filters can be used for tuning lasers, with some advantages over prisms, gratings and tilted etalons. In this paper the transmission characteristics of a new mixed birefringent filter are investigated. The term ‘mixed’ is used because both circular birefringence and linear birefringence have been utilized in the fabrication of this filter.It has a loss-less core, formed by a cascaded system of alternate rotators and retarders, and a linear polarizer at each end. The performance of this filter is better because of the more effective suppression of side peaks. Unlike previous birefringent filters, this one may be used inside a linear resonator.     

Design and analysis of an all-optical processor for modular arithmetic

We present a logical design of an all-optical processor that performs modular arithmetic. The overall design is based a set of interconnected modules that use all-optical gates to perform simple logical functions. The all-optical logic gates are based on the semiconductor optical amplifier nonlinear loop. Simulation results are presented and some practical design issues are discussed.     

Auditory filter shapes in the chinchilla

Auditory filter shapes were determined for the chinchilla using the notched-noise technique [R. D. Patterson, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 59, 640-654 (1976)]. Here, the derivative of the curve relating threshold to masker gap width outlines the shape of the auditory filter. Three chinchillas were trained, using positive reinforcement techniques, to provide forward masked thresholds at 1.0 and 10.0 kHz, at three masker spectrum levels. Unexpectedly, the threshold curves contained inflection points and regions of constant or nonmonotonic changes in threshold, so that the derived filters contained dips in their central passbands. Nonmonotonic variations in threshold may be discerned in human threshold versus notch width functions of previously published studies, suggesting that the two types of data are qualitatively similar. The filters computed from the chinchilla data widened with increasing masker level and were more broadly tuned than those obtained in humans. The physiological response to each frequency component of any stimulus is likely a combination of excitation and suppression. Hence, one cannot predict masked threshold from the acoustic spectra of the maskers used here since they differ from their internal representations. Thus the threshold versus notch width function probably reflects the operation of both an auditory filter and a nonlinearity.     

Programmable phase-mostly holograms and correlation filters

We obtain continuous phase modulation with commercial twisted nematic liquid television. We present theory and experimental implementation of kinoforms, matched spatial filters, circular harmonic filters and synthetic discriminant functions with the phase-mostly filter approach.     

正弦变化的振幅型光瞳滤波器

光瞳滤波器作为实现超分辨的基本元件之一,它的设计以及制作都非常重要。设计了一种正弦变化的振幅型光瞳滤波器,可以通过调节少量的参量实现各种不同的超分辨模式。选择正弦函数的周期以及光瞳中心点透过率变化两个参量来实现对最终超分辨效果的调节。数值计算结果表明：在整个人射光瞳上的透过率瞳函数分布具有0．5～2个正弦振幅周期时,较为合适。小于0．5个周期将不会有任何超分辨效果,大于2个周期超分辨效果反而变差。数值计算中还注意到,当周期数为整数时,斯特雷尔比将保持0．25不变。对正弦变化振幅型光瞳滤波器的计算结果,显示了其特殊的性质,对实际中制作正弦变化振幅型光瞳滤波器有一定的指导作用。     

40 Gb/s all-optical logic NOR and OR gates using a semiconductor optical amplifier: Experimental demonstration and theoretical analysis

We experimentally and theoretically demonstrate 40 Gb/s all-optical logic NOR and OR gates based on a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) and a blue shifted optical bandpass filter (OBF). Two kinds of data formats are discussed, namely return-to-zero (RZ) format and nonreturn-to-zero (NRZ) format. The logic NOR and OR functions of RZ format are realized at the OBF detuning of −0.22 nm and −0.44 nm, respectively. The logic NOR function of NRZ format is realized at the OBF detuning of −0.24 nm. The simulation is in good agreement with the experimental results when the linewidth enhancement factor is 5.5. The simulation also shows that the SOA with large linewidth enhancement factor is preferred to achieve NOR and OR functions with good performance. The input data signal is of good pulsewidth-tolerance for NOR function, whereas not for OR function. The high Q factor could be obtained at narrow pulses injection.     

Optical-digital processors for morphological and rank order filtering

Non-linear rank order and morphological filtering can be achieved in optical-digital processors. In these processors, all convolutions are performed in inherently parallel optical correlators. Arithmetic and logic operations are made digitally. Due to the threshold decomposition concept, grey scale images are sequentially treated slice by slice. The optical-digital method of local histogram calculation within both binary and weighted neighbourhoods allows local non-linear operations. We derive rank order and morphological filters from optically calculated convolutions. Several configurations of optical convolvers are discussed. Further improvements in the technology of spatial light modulators and encoded light sources are needed before these processors' practical uses will appear.     

通过化学修饰提高由荧光素构成的二进制计算器的安全性

设计并合成了荧光素酰腙类衍生物对羟基苯基荧光素酰腙(FHP),通过对荧光素的化学修饰,并采用酸碱以及二价铜离子为输入,实现了对由荧光素构成的二进制计算器加密的逻辑功能。该逻辑加密功能的实现是基于荧光素酰腙类衍生物对二价铜离子的特异性响应:在碱性环境中,二价铜离子催化FHP完全分解并释放出具有二进制计算器逻辑功能的荧光素分子;在酸性环境中,二价铜离子催化FHP部分分解并与二价铜离子配位形成稳定的二价铜离子配合物,该配合物既不能还原形成原化合物,也不能在碱性环境中释放出荧光素分子,导致该逻辑器件的逻辑功能被彻底破坏。基于该自毁装置的存在,使得该逻辑加密器件的安全性进一步提高。     

One-operation image algebra for optical processing

A binary image algebra with one operation of a logic operation followed by a dilation and its modification with three additional operations for threshold processing of grey level images are developed in this paper. All the binary image processing functions and various grey level image processing functions related to morphological operations can be represented by the algebraic structure. The algebra is particularly suitable for parallel processing by optics in a cellular logic image processor architecture.