Title :
Recovery of image after distortion by atmospheric turbulence using phase-conjugate beam through difference frequency generation
Author :
Xingquan Zou ; Pengda Hong ; Ding, Yujie J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Lehigh Univ., Bethlehem, PA, USA
Abstract :
Using phase-conjugate beam generated by second-order nonlinear process, blurred images caused by atmospheric turbulence were fully recovered. Due to instantaneous response, it is perhaps the only scheme for efficiently recovering image distorted by atmospheric turbulence.
Keywords :
atmospheric optics; atmospheric turbulence; geophysical image processing; image restoration; optical frequency conversion; optical phase conjugation; atmospheric turbulence; blurred images; difference frequency generation; image distortion recovery; phase-conjugate beam; second-order nonlinear process; Atmospheric modeling; Crystals; Laser beams; Mirrors; Nonlinear distortion; Optical distortion; Phase distortion;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
