MULTILAYER ARRAY ILLUMINATORS WITH BINARY PHASE PLATES AT FRACTIONAL TALBOT DISTANCES

Authors
HAMAM H DELATOCNAYE JLD
Citation
H. Hamam et Jld. Delatocnaye, MULTILAYER ARRAY ILLUMINATORS WITH BINARY PHASE PLATES AT FRACTIONAL TALBOT DISTANCES, Applied optics, 35(11), 1996, pp. 1820-1826
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Applied optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036935
Volume
35
Issue
11
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1820 - 1826
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6935(1996)35:11<1820:MAIWBP>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
We describe a Talbot array illuminator made of cascaded binary phase p lates located at fractional Talbot distances. We compare the performan ce of such an illuminator with a conventional single-layer Talbot arra y illuminator in terms of compression ratio and technical feasibility. (C) 1996 Optical Society of America