• DocumentCode
    305325
  • 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
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    18-21 Nov. 1996
  • Firstpage
    360
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1996. LEOS 96., IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Boston, MA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-3160-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.1996.565282
  • Filename
    565282