Title :
An optical processing system using photoanisotropy in a bacteriorhodopsin film
Author :
Joseph, Joby ; Aranda, F.J. ; Rao, D.V.G.L.N. ; Akkara, J.A. ; Nakashima, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Massachusetts Univ., Boston, MA, USA
Abstract :
We have successfully demonstrated a real-time, self-adaptive optical image processing system using the photoinduced dichroic characteristics of a bacteriorhodopsin film. The advantages of the system are simplicity in operation with no alignment required at the Fourier plane to perform the processing, no vibration isolation systems are required and even a coherent source is not a requirement to perform the experiment.
Keywords :
CCD image sensors; image processing; light polarisation; optical films; optical noise; optical rotation; proteins; Fourier plane; bacteriorhodopsin film; coherent source; optical processing system; photoanisotropy; photoinduced dichroic characteristics; real-time self-adaptive optical image processing system; vibration isolation systems; Biomedical optical imaging; Charge coupled devices; Image processing; Laser beams; Nonlinear optics; Optical films; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical polarization; Visualization;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1996. LEOS 96., IEEE
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3160-5
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1996.565282
