COHERENCE EFFECTS ON THE PHASE ACCURACY OF AN OPTICAL FOURIER PROCESSOR.

C. S. Gardner; P. L. Ransom; W. J. Atkins

doi:10.1364/JOSA.68.000909

COHERENCE EFFECTS ON THE PHASE ACCURACY OF AN OPTICAL FOURIER PROCESSOR.

C. S. Gardner, P. L. Ransom, W. J. Atkins

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Abstract

Interference techniques can be used to measure both the amplitude and phase of optically generated Fourier transforms. Because phase information is recovered by observing an interference pattern, source coherence can significantly influence phase accuracy. System performance is analyzed using simple test functions and the phase error is estimated in terms of the source transverse coherence length and space-bandwidth product of the input function.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	909-914
Number of pages	6
Journal	J Opt Soc Am
Volume	68
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSA.68.000909
State	Published - Jan 1 1978
Externally published	Yes

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