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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 1978
Filed:
Mar. 21, 1975
Jean Desbois, Paris, FR;
Pierre Tournois, Paris, FR;
Thomson-CSF, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A piezoelectric substrate is subjected to the continuous excitations produced by a high-frequency electric field of fixed radian frequency .alpha. applied between its two opposite faces; high-frequency electrical pulses of radian frequency .alpha..sub.p are applied to the periodic network of conductors illuminated by the image; the electrical conductivity at the surface of the substrate at each point is made a function of the illumination directed towards said point, for example by the application of a photoconducting semi-conductor covering the network or by a substrate whose conductivity is directly modulated by the incident light. The non-linear interaction between the two substrate excitations induces a surface wave whose intensity is modulated by the luminous intensity and which is picked up by the transducers. Application with fixed .alpha..sub.p, to the point by point read-out of a linear optical image and with .alpha..sub.p = .alpha..sub.p (t) to the analysis of its spatial frequencies.