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    • Optics and Photonics
    • Image Processing

    Background:

    • Traditional optical correlators often struggle with chromatic aberrations and limited scale tunability.
    • Achieving wavelength-independent imaging and achromatic point-spread functions (PSFs) is crucial for robust pattern recognition.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To introduce and characterize two novel scale-tunable optical correlator systems.
    • To demonstrate their capability for wavelength-independent imaging and achromatic PSF generation.
    • To perform scale-tunable color pattern recognition using natural, incoherent light.

    Main Methods:

    • Development of two distinct optical correlator designs.
    • Utilizing totally incoherent light sources.
    • Implementing input shifting along the optical axis to control PSF scale.
    • Conducting pattern recognition experiments with color targets.

    Main Results:

    • Both systems demonstrated scale-tunable optical correlation under incoherent light.
    • Achieved spatially incoherent, wavelength-independent imaging with an achromatic PSF.
    • Successfully preserved chromatic compensation while adjusting the PSF scale.
    • Enabled scale-tunable color pattern recognition experiments.

    Conclusions:

    • The developed optical correlators offer significant advantages in scale tunability and chromatic aberration compensation.
    • These systems represent a breakthrough for practical, natural-light-based color pattern recognition.
    • The findings open new avenues for advanced optical imaging and information processing.