Generation of sigmoid probability functions by clipped differential speckle detection

Optics Communications

Volumn 129, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 347-352

  Premont G ^a   Lalanne, P ^a   Chavel, P ^a   Kuijk, M ^b   Heremans, P ^b  

^a INSTITUT D'OPTIQUE GRADUATE SCHOOL   (France)

^b IMEC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Photothyristors; Random numbers; Simulated annealing; Speckle

Indexed keywords

ITERATIVE METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RANDOM PROCESSES; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SIMULATED ANNEALING; SPECKLE; THYRISTORS;

DIFFERENTIAL SPECKLE DETECTION; OPTOELECTRONIC PROCESSING; PHOTOTHYRISTORS; RANDOM NUMBERS; SIGMOID PROBABILITY FUNCTIONS;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 0030242392     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0030-4018(96)00163-0     Document Type: Article

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