Title

Imaging Diffractometer with Holographic Encoding Enhancements for Laser Sensing and Characterization

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2007

Publication Source

Applied Optics

Abstract

What is believed to be a novel holographic optical encoding scheme has been developed to enhance the performance of laser sensors designed for the measurement of wavelength and angular trajectory. A prototype holographic imaging diffractometer has been created to reconstruct holographic cueing patterns superimposed in the focal plane of wide-angle scene imagery. Based on experimental pattern metric measurements at the focal plane, a theoretical model is used to compute the laser source wavelength and its apparent propagation direction within the sensor's field of view. The benefits of incorporating holographic enhancements within an imager-based sensor architecture are discussed.

Inclusive pages

3518-3527

ISBN/ISSN

1559-128X

Publisher

Optical Society of America

Volume

46

Issue

17

Peer Reviewed

yes

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