Implementation of a photorefractive binary joint transform correlator

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1977-1984

  Cook, N J ^a   Carnicer, A ^b   Vallmitjana, S ^b   Juvells, I ^b   Cartwright, C M ^a   Gillespie, W A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

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EID: 0032380286     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.15.001977     Document Type: Article

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