Conference rusure::math

1196.0. "References on Optical Storage Projects" by GENRAL::HEINTZE () Fri Feb 23 1990 18:25

    I work for Storage CSSE in Colorado Springs and I'm enrolled in a
    graduate course in Laser Optics.
    
    I'm posting this in the math conference because I figured you heavy
    math types could probably direct to the appropriate conference or set
    of individuals who might have some suggestions for me.
    
    My major is Digitial Signal Processing and I'm taking the Optics to
    fulfil a breadth requirement.
    
    The course has no tests, and no homework - only a (design) project. The
    professor was very vague about the project:  He prefered we "reinvent a
    wheel in a creative way".  I think he does not want us to tackle a
    current topic of active research but rather, tackle something that has
    already been done by thinking about the same issues the original
    implementor did.  He discouraged us from blindly reproducing results.
    
    Incidently, we have no access to a optical lab so we cannot actually
    build anything.
    
    I would like to
      (1)  find a project that relates to my job (storage technology).
      (2)  perhaps perform a simulation by means of writing a program in C
    since I enjoy programming and numerical algorithms.
      (3)  find a project that relates to digital signal processing or
    digital image processing.
    
    I tried doing a search in the library for optical storage but only
    one artical out of 146 that I sampled discussed optical design issues.
    The other articals were about data formats and what computers you could
    connect to your optical disk.
    
    Ideally I would like to do something meaningful with a digital
    simulation of a laser (and/or detector) used for optical storage but
    I'm having problems finding references on the subject.  For example, it
    would be nice to investigate the design considerations of the
    resonators and detectors for optical storage system and design and
    simulate the device.
    
    I have some good references on digital image processing.  This is not
    directly related to lasers - but the professor said this topic was
    acceptable.   I would love to recreate some the image processsing
    experiments, but I don't know how to get my hands on a digial camera. 
    
    So I would welcome any ideas on references, projects or other notes
    conferences.
    
    						Sieg