SIMPLE PROCEDURE FOR THE ANALYSIS OF COHERENT IMAGING-SYSTEMS

Authors
RHODES WT
Citation
Wt. Rhodes, SIMPLE PROCEDURE FOR THE ANALYSIS OF COHERENT IMAGING-SYSTEMS, Optics letters, 19(19), 1994, pp. 1559-1561
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
19
Issue
19
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1559 - 1561
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1994)19:19<1559:SPFTAO>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
A simple procedure is presented for determining the Fourier-optics-reg ime object-image relationship for spatially coherent wave fields in a general imaging system. The procedure links straightforward ray-optics methods for imaging system analysis with parameters of a wave-optics- based superposition kernel that represents the Fourier-optics aspects of the system. Standard formulas are presented, and several confirming examples are treated.