Department of Electrical Engineering

Grove School of Engineering at the City College of New York

EE I8500 Optical Signal Processing

Prof. Roger Dorsinville

Textbook: Anthony Vanderlugt, Optical Signal Processing, John Wiley &

Sons, New York, 2005.

References: J. W. Goodman, Introduction to Fourier Optics, McGraw-Hill, New

York, Fourth Edition, 2017.

Roger Dorsinville. E-mail: dorsinville@ccny.cuny.edu

Instructor:
This course is intended to teach the students how the concepts of
Goals: linear systems, Fourier analysis and diffraction can be combined
to describe the image forming process and used to design
techniques for the processing of images.

Topics:
1. Review of geometrical optics and basic signal parameters: prisms,
lenses, general imaging condition, basic optical system. Chapters 1, 2
(2 weeks).
2. Special functions (review). The convolution operation. One and
two-dimensional Fourier transform, inverse transform. Fourier
transform properties of lenses, coherence. Chapter 3 (3 weeks)
3. Light sources. Spatial light modulators. Spectrum analysis.
Detection. Chapter 4 (3 weeks)
4. Spatial filtering, matched filtering, inverse filtering. Spatial filters:
binary, magnitude and phase filters, computer generated filters
Spatial filtering systems: filter generator, readout, noise.
Applications: target recognition, motion analysis, frame alignment.
Chapters 5, 6. (3 weeks).
5. Acousto-optic devices: spatial light modulators, beam deflectors,
spectrum analyzers. Selected topics in Holography. (2 weeks)
6. Project Presentation (1 week)

- Homework will be collected and graded

- Each student must write a report based on recent IEEE publications
on a subject directly related to optical information processing.
- There will be a midterm and a final examination scheduled by the
registrar during final exam week.
The homework will count 15 points. The project will count 20 points.
The midterm will count 25 points and the final exam will count 40
points.