Mait J N, Prather D W, Athale R A
Appl Opt. 1992 Nov 10;31(32):6820-2. doi: 10.1364/AO.31.006820.
A two-dimensional optical image processor is described and demonstrated in which the point-spread function is generated by crossed acousto-opticells in the Fourier plane of a coherent optical correlator. Coherence effects and generation of nonseparable point-spread functions are considered.