High-dynamic-range imaging optical detectors

Ricardo C. Coutinho; David R. Selviah; Hugh D. Griffiths

doi:10.1117/12.470112

7 June 2002 High-dynamic-range imaging optical detectors

Ricardo C. Coutinho, David R. Selviah, Hugh D. Griffiths

Proceedings Volume 4735, Hybrid Image and Signal Processing VIII; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.470112
Event: AeroSense 2002, 2002, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Imaging spectrometers allowing spatially resolved targets to be spectrally discriminated are valuable for remote sensing and defense applications. The drawback of such instruments is the need to quickly process very large amounts of data. In this paper we demonstrate two imaging systems which detect a dim target in a bright background, using the coherence contrast between them, generating much less data but only operating over a limited optical bandwidth. Both systems use a passband filter, a Michelson interferometer, coupling optics and a CCD camera. The first uses the interferometer in a spatial mode, by tilting one of the mirrors to create a set of line fringes on the CCD array. The visibility of these fringes is proportional to the degree of coherence. The interferogram is displayed spatially on the CCD array, as a function of the path differences. The second system uses the interferometer in a temporal mode. A coherent point target and an extended background are imaged through the interferometer onto the CCD array, and one of the interferometer's mirrors is scanned longitudinally to vary the path difference in time. In both cases the coherent target is detected over a large dynamic range down to negative signal-to-background power ratios (in dB). The paper describes an averaging technique to improve the signal-to-noise ratio and correction techniques required to extract interferograms from the images. The spatial technique developed has the advantage of using no moving parts.

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Ricardo C. Coutinho, David R. Selviah, and Hugh D. Griffiths "High-dynamic-range imaging optical detectors", Proc. SPIE 4735, Hybrid Image and Signal Processing VIII, (7 June 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.470112

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Target detection

Interferometers

Detection and tracking algorithms

Image processing

Mirrors

Imaging systems

Coherence imaging

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