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Fourier processing is one of the oldest forms of optical signal processing [1]. The Fourier optical processor relies on the ability of a lens to extract a two-dimensional (2-D) Fourier transform of an input pattern when it is being illuminated by spatially coherent light. The advantage of such a processor is that the computation is done fully in parallel and at the speed of light.
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Zalevsky, Z., Mendlovic, D. (2004). Fourier Transform and Fourier Optics. In: Optical Superresolution. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 91. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-34715-8_1
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