Abstract
A method for phase visualization and edge enhancement by spatial self-filtering by use of a polarizer sheet in the Fourier plane of an optical processor is described. Light absorbed by the polarizer sheet induces a thermal lens, which, in turn, produces selective action on certain spatial frequencies of the image to be processed. Some experiments that demonstrate the self-filtering action of the proposed system are presented.
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