Nanosecond image processing using stimulated photon echoes

• Processing of two-dimensional images on a nanosecond time scale is demonstrated using the stimulated photon echoes in a rare-earth-doped crystal (0.1 at. \% Pr3$+$:LaF3). Two spatially encoded laser pulses (pictures) resonant with the 3P0-3H4 transition of Pr3$+$ were stored by focusing the image pulses sequentially into the Pr3$+$:LaF3 crystal. The stored information is retrieved and processed by a third read pulse, generating the echo that is the spatial convolution or correlation of the input images. Application of this scheme to high-speed pattern recognition is discussed.

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik -- Atom- och molekylfysik och optik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Physical Sciences -- Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics (hsv//eng)

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