Photorefractive Fourier image amplification for low-light-level image detection

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 119-123

  Gilbreath, G C ^a   Reintjes, J F ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam fanning; Fourier image amplification; Photorefractive

Indexed keywords

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALS; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL DISTORTION;

BEAM FANNING; BEAM RATIO; FOURIER IMAGE AMPLIFICATION; LOW LIGHT LEVEL IMAGE DETECTION; MULTIBEAM PHOTOREFRACTIVE INTERACTIONS; PHOTOREFRACTIVE;

AMPLIFICATION;

EID: 0030165989     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2760(19960620)12:3<119::AID-MOP1>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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