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Spatial light modulators often affect both light phase and amplitude, contrary to traditional models. A new integral constraint optimizes correlation filters with coupled phase-amplitude modulation, showing phase-only filters as a specific instance.

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Area of Science:

Optical Engineering
Signal Processing
Information Optics

Background:

Traditional models of spatial light modulators (SLMs) in correlation filtering assume independent control of light's phase or amplitude.
In practice, a single operating parameter of an SLM typically influences both its phase and amplitude modulation characteristics simultaneously.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a mathematical framework for optimizing correlation filters when SLM parameters couple phase and amplitude modulation.
To establish a necessary condition for such optimization problems.

Main Methods:

Development of an integral constraint based on the coupled nature of phase and amplitude modulation.
Analysis of the constraint's implications for correlation filter optimization.

Main Results:

An integral constraint is derived, representing a necessary condition for optimizing correlation filters with single-parameter coupled phase-amplitude modulation.
The phase-only filter is identified as a special case that satisfies this constraint under specific conditions.

Conclusions:

The derived integral constraint provides a more realistic approach to designing correlation filters using SLMs with coupled modulation.
This work refines the understanding of SLM behavior in optical correlation systems and offers a pathway for improved filter design.