A subtracted joint transform correlator, a kind of nonlinear joint transform correlator, was investigated and constructed using only optical components. In the correlator, a holographic interferometer was used for subtracting an obstructive power spectrum from the joint power spectrum of the input image that consisted of an object pattern and multiple reference patterns. A photorefractive crystal was used as a hologram recorder. At the same time, in a hybrid nonlinear joint transform correlator, demands for the dynamic ranges of a spatial light modulator and a photometric measurement device were investigated by computer simulations.
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