Physical Fourier encoding and compacting of optical data

Petre Catalin Logofatu; Florin Garoi; Victor Damian; Cristian Udrea

doi:10.1117/12.2071912

20 February 2015 Physical Fourier encoding and compacting of optical data

Petre Catalin Logofatu, Florin Garoi, Victor Damian, Cristian Udrea

Proceedings Volume 9258, Advanced Topics in Optoelectronics, Microelectronics, and Nanotechnologies VII; 925810 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2071912
Event: Advanced Topics in Optoelectronics, Microelectronics, and Nanotechnologies 2014, 2014, Constanta, Romania

Abstract

A simple way to make physical encoding of data is to use some common Fourier optics tools, like lenses and some more sophisticated ones like a digital matrix detector (CCD, Charged Coupled Devices), as in Fig. 1. Except now the encoding and the compacting of the data is not made using Hadamard transform but a Fourier transform, which has less compacting power. There is however the big advantage of physically encrypting the data instead of manually or digitally doing the computation. The input data may be anything, a note, a picture, a diagram, anything at all. It may come at a moment notice and does not require any special preparation on the part of the operator. One can accomplish real-time encoding. It may require, however that the message data to be made available in a specific format, independent of the contents of the message. For instance it may have to be inscribed on a transparency and to have certain dimensions.

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Petre Catalin Logofatu, Florin Garoi, Victor Damian, and Cristian Udrea "Physical Fourier encoding and compacting of optical data", Proc. SPIE 9258, Advanced Topics in Optoelectronics, Microelectronics, and Nanotechnologies VII, 925810 (20 February 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2071912

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Fourier transforms

Computer programming

Charge-coupled devices

CCD image sensors

Diffractive optical elements

Polarizers

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