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Transport of intensity and spectrum for partially coherent fields

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: Transport-of-intensity and transport-of-spectrum equations are derived using the coherent mode decomposition for paraxial fields having an arbitrary state of coherence. We give a simple example that demonstrates the difference between a partially coherent and a fully coherent transport of intensity or spectrum. The results presented here may be used to estimate the intensity response in a variety of phase-contrast imaging modalities and may form the basis for improved phase-retrieval techniques.

Source: Optics Letters

DOI: 10.1364/ol.35.002239

Authors: Adam M. Zysk, Robert W. Schoonover, P. Scott Carney, Mark A. Anastasio

Institutions: Illinois Institute of Technology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Language: English

Topic: Digital Holography and Microscopy

Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering