Interference filters as nonlinear decision-making elements for three-spot pattern recognition and associative memories

L. Wang; V. Esch; R. Feinleib; L. Zhang; R. Jin; H. M. Chou; Robert W. Sprague; H. Angus Macleod; G. Khitrova; Hyatt M. Gibbs; Kelvin Wagner; Demetri Psaltis

doi:10.1364/AO.27.001715

Interference filters as nonlinear decision-making elements for three-spot pattern recognition and associative memories

L. Wang
, V. Esch
, R. Feinleib
, L. Zhang
, R. Jin
, H. M. Chou
, Robert W. Sprague
, H. Angus Macleod
, G. Khitrova
, Hyatt M. Gibbs
, Kelvin Wagner
, Demetri Psaltis

James C Wyant Coll Optical Sci

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Abstract

Simple patterns consisting of three spots (V and T) have been recognized by dividing, shifting, and recombining beams onto bistable ZnS interference filters. This experiment demonstrates AND-gate operation, cascading, and a moderate amount of parallelism, but a laser power of several watts was required and the response times were several milliseconds. An associative memory for fingerprint identification has been constructed using a VanderLugt correlator and an interference filter as a reflective thresholding device.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1715-1720
Number of pages	6
Journal	Applied optics
Volume	27
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.27.001715
State	Published - May 1988

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Engineering (miscellaneous)
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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