Title :
Optical fingerprinting using polarisation contrast improvement
Author :
Demos, Stavros G. ; Alfano, Robert R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., City Univ. of New York, NY
fDate :
3/27/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A novel technique to improve the quality and contrast of the surface image for optical fingerprinting is demonstrated using polarised light illumination and polarisation difference imaging
Keywords :
fingerprint identification; laser beam applications; light polarisation; optical fingerprinting; polarisation contrast improvement; polarisation difference imaging; polarised light illumination; quality; surface image;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19970419
