ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

 The author wishes to thank Dr. Henry Register and Mr. Jim

Kirkpatrick for their encouragement to continue graduate studies at

the University of Florida. Dr. Roland Anderson has tirelessly

provided counseling and guidance during the years of study,

experimentation, and writing. Dr. Ron Jones of the University of

North Carolina assisted greatly with the understanding of film non-

linearity. Dr. S.S. Ballard provided the scholastic background and

the interest in optics throughout the author's scholastic career at

the University of Florida. The Air Force Office of Scientific

Research and the Air Force Armament Laboratory funded the laboratory

support for this effort. The University of Florida provided academic

and administrative support for the author's entire period of graduate

studies.