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### Coherent imaging of extended objects

Abstract:

When used with coherent light, optical imaging systems are inherently unable to reproduce both the amplitude and the phase of a two-dimensional field distribution. This is because their impulse response function varies slowly from point to point, a property known as non-isoplanatism. For sufficiently small objects, this usually results in a phase distortion and has no impact on the measured intensity. Here, we show that the intensity distribution can be dramatically distorted when extended ob...

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Physics
Sub department:
Atomic & Laser Physics
Role:
Author
Journal:
OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS
Volume:
282
Issue:
4
Pages:
465-472
Publication date:
2009-02-15
DOI:
ISSN:
0030-4018
Source identifiers:
13550
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2012-12-19