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    • Optics and Photonics
    • Image Processing
    • Acousto-Optics

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    • Conventional spatial light modulators limit the speed and flexibility of implementing dynamic point-spread functions (PSFs).
    • Implementing bipolar PSFs, crucial for operations like correlation, is challenging with existing technologies.
    • Incoherent illumination offers advantages in field of view compared to coherent systems.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop a novel incoherent image processor capable of implementing arbitrary bipolar point-spread functions (PSFs).
    • To leverage acousto-optic cells for high-speed dynamic PSF generation.
    • To enhance the field of view and simplify the optical system design.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilized orthogonally oriented one-dimensional acousto-optic cells to create dynamic, arbitrary bipolar PSFs.
    • Implemented arbitrary PSFs through a linear superposition in time of separable PSFs.
    • Employed a pupil-plane filter within a single-lens system for PSF implementation.
    • Used incoherent illumination to expand the input field of view.

    Main Results:

    • Demonstrated the realization of arbitrary nonseparable point-spread functions (PSFs).
    • Successfully performed image convolution using a bipolar PSF.
    • Achieved two-dimensional image correlation with the developed processor.
    • Showcased an increased processor field of view compared to traditional methods.

    Conclusions:

    • The developed incoherent image processor effectively implements dynamic, arbitrary bipolar PSFs using acousto-optic cells.
    • The system offers a faster PSF update rate, enabling efficient bipolar PSF implementation.
    • The use of incoherent illumination and a pupil-plane filter results in a compact, wide-field-of-view imaging system.