Joint transform correlator: Aberrations in the joint spectrum and their influence on the correlation peak

An approximate but simplified method to evaluate the influence of aberrations in the optical system of the first step of a joint transform correlator on the correlation signals is given. In the optical system of the second step the effects of its aberrations can be easily calculated with classical a...

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Autores principales: Comastri, S.A., Simon, J.M., Fucci, F.
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spelling todo:paper_09639659_v6_n2_p173_Comastri2023-10-03T15:54:30Z Joint transform correlator: Aberrations in the joint spectrum and their influence on the correlation peak Comastri, S.A. Simon, J.M. Fucci, F. Aberrations Electromagnetic wave attenuation Electromagnetic wave diffraction Fourier transforms Light scattering Optical correlation Rayleigh scattering Correlation peaks Joint transform correlator (JTC) Optical systems An approximate but simplified method to evaluate the influence of aberrations in the optical system of the first step of a joint transform correlator on the correlation signals is given. In the optical system of the second step the effects of its aberrations can be easily calculated with classical aberration theory so that this problem is left aside from the present analysis and this system is considered free from aberrations. The correlation signals are estimated assigning to every spatial frequency which synthesizes the scene (or the target) the wavefront aberration which corresponds to a convenient spatial frequency chosen as that which yields the maximum difference between the wavefront aberrations in the scene and target. Therefore, an upper limit of the attenuation of the correlation peak is obtained and tolerance criteria can be established. The criteria of Rayleigh and of Marechal are extended for the correlator and a numerical method to compute the aberrated correlation signal is developed. As an example, numerical results for the correlation in the presence of each primary aberration when the target and scene are rectangular apertures are shown. © 1997 IOP Publishing Ltd. Fil:Comastri, S.A. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Fil:Simon, J.M. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Fil:Fucci, F. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. JOUR info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_09639659_v6_n2_p173_Comastri
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topic Aberrations
Electromagnetic wave attenuation
Electromagnetic wave diffraction
Fourier transforms
Light scattering
Optical correlation
Rayleigh scattering
Correlation peaks
Joint transform correlator (JTC)
Optical systems
spellingShingle Aberrations
Electromagnetic wave attenuation
Electromagnetic wave diffraction
Fourier transforms
Light scattering
Optical correlation
Rayleigh scattering
Correlation peaks
Joint transform correlator (JTC)
Optical systems
Comastri, S.A.
Simon, J.M.
Fucci, F.
Joint transform correlator: Aberrations in the joint spectrum and their influence on the correlation peak
topic_facet Aberrations
Electromagnetic wave attenuation
Electromagnetic wave diffraction
Fourier transforms
Light scattering
Optical correlation
Rayleigh scattering
Correlation peaks
Joint transform correlator (JTC)
Optical systems
description An approximate but simplified method to evaluate the influence of aberrations in the optical system of the first step of a joint transform correlator on the correlation signals is given. In the optical system of the second step the effects of its aberrations can be easily calculated with classical aberration theory so that this problem is left aside from the present analysis and this system is considered free from aberrations. The correlation signals are estimated assigning to every spatial frequency which synthesizes the scene (or the target) the wavefront aberration which corresponds to a convenient spatial frequency chosen as that which yields the maximum difference between the wavefront aberrations in the scene and target. Therefore, an upper limit of the attenuation of the correlation peak is obtained and tolerance criteria can be established. The criteria of Rayleigh and of Marechal are extended for the correlator and a numerical method to compute the aberrated correlation signal is developed. As an example, numerical results for the correlation in the presence of each primary aberration when the target and scene are rectangular apertures are shown. © 1997 IOP Publishing Ltd.
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author Comastri, S.A.
Simon, J.M.
Fucci, F.
author_facet Comastri, S.A.
Simon, J.M.
Fucci, F.
author_sort Comastri, S.A.
title Joint transform correlator: Aberrations in the joint spectrum and their influence on the correlation peak
title_short Joint transform correlator: Aberrations in the joint spectrum and their influence on the correlation peak
title_full Joint transform correlator: Aberrations in the joint spectrum and their influence on the correlation peak
title_fullStr Joint transform correlator: Aberrations in the joint spectrum and their influence on the correlation peak
title_full_unstemmed Joint transform correlator: Aberrations in the joint spectrum and their influence on the correlation peak
title_sort joint transform correlator: aberrations in the joint spectrum and their influence on the correlation peak
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_09639659_v6_n2_p173_Comastri
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