Optical image inversion and edge detection based on Vertical Cavity Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers (VCSOAs)

Haijiang Zhang,Deqiang Song,Pengyue Wen,Sadik C. Esener,Anis Husain

Optical image inversion and edge detection based on Vertical Cavity Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers (VCSOAs)

2005

Haijiang Zhang
Deqiang Song
Pengyue Wen
Sadik C. Esener
Anis Husain

We demonstrate optical image inversion and edge detection by employing a VCSOA in the focal plane of a 4-f optical system to manipulate both phase and amplitude of the zero-order spatial frequency component of images.

Keywords:

Cardinal point
Optical filter
Optical pumping
Spatial filter
Spatial frequency
Optical amplifier
Stimulated emission
Optics
Electronic engineering
Physics
Edge detection
Optoelectronics

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