ELECTRO-OPTICS LABORATORY
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Reconstruction of longitudinal distributed incoherent sources
We describe measurement of the degree of coherence induced by a random light source distributed along the longitudinal z axis. If this degree of coherence is measured only between all the in-plane pairs of points placed along the radial lines it is proportional to the Fourier transform of the source's three-dimensional intensity distribution as seen from the paraxial far zone. A reconstruction of the source shape from the measured degree of coherence is also demonstrated.
| Publication language | English |
| Pages | 1803-1805 |
| Journal | Optics Letters |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 22 |
| Publication status | Published - 15.11.1996 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
