Front Cover; Optical Signal Processing; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Part I:White-Light Processors; Chapter 1.1 Color Image Processing; I. Introduction; II. White-Light Optical Processing; III. Source Encoding and Image Sampling; IV. Color Image Processing; V. Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 1.2 White-Light Fourier Transformations; I. Introduction; II. Linear System Formalism; III. Achromatic Fourier Transform Systems; IV. Design of an Achromatic Fourier Processor; V. Summary; References; Part II:Pattern Recognition

Chapter 2.1 Optical Feature ExtractionI. Introduction; II. Optical Feature Extraction; III. Fourier-Transform Feature Space and Unique Sampling; IV. Hough-Transform Feature Space; V. Space-Variant Feature Space and Optical Feature Extraction; VI. Chord-Distribution Feature Space and Parameter Estimation; VII. Moment Feature Space and Unique Properties; VIII. Summary and Conclusion; References; Chapter 2.2 Unconventional Correlators; I. Introduction; II. Definitions and Theorems; III. Optical Correlation Systems; IV. Summary and Outlook; References

Chapter 2.3 Optical Implementation of Associative Memory Based on Models of Neural NetworksI. Introduction; II. Linear Systems as Association Memories; III. Optoelectronic Implementation of One-Dimensional Neural Nets; IV. Optoelectronic Implementation of Two-Dimensional Neural Nets; V. Holographic Associative Memories; VI. Conclusion; References; Part III:Temporal Signal Processing; Chapter 3.1 Optical Architectures for Temporal Signal Processing; I. Introduction; II. Basic Operations; III. Spectrum Analysis of Continuous Functions; IV. Time-Frequency Analysis; V. Discrete Operations

VI. SummaryReferences; Chapter 3.2 Acoustooptic Synthetic Aperture Radar Processors; I. Introduction; II. Synthetic Aperture Radar; III. Acoustooptic Processor; IV. Programmable Architecture; V. Conclusions; References; Chapter 3.3 Acoustooptic Signal Processors; I. Introduction; II. Acoustooptic Processor Components; III. Power Spectrum Analyzers; IV. Interferometric Spectrum Analyzer; V. Correlators; VI. Summary; References; Part IV:Nonlinear Optical Processors; Chapter 4.1 Nonlinear Optical Waveguide Devices; I. Introduction; II. Scalar Wave Equation for Mode Analysis

III. Perturbational Formula for Change of Dielectric TensorIV. Coherent Coupling between Modes in a Nonlinear Optical Waveguide; V. All-Optical Interferometer; VI. Nonlinear Waveguide Coupler; VII. Nonlinear Waveguide Materials, Devices, and Design Considerations; References; Part V:Transformations; Chapter 5.1 Optical Transformations; I. Introduction; II. Geometric Transformations; III. Transdimensional Transformations; IV. Linear Shift-Variant Transformations; V. Nonlinear Transformations; VI. Conclusions; References; Chapter 5.2 Tomographic Transformations in Optical Signal Processing