Fundamentals Of Coherent Optics - A Tutorial

Brian J. Thompson

doi:10.1117/12.955967

28 December 1977 Fundamentals Of Coherent Optics - A Tutorial

Brian J. Thompson

Proceedings Volume 0128, Effective Utilization of Optics in Radar Systems; (1977) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.955967
Event: Effect Utilization of Optics in Radar Systems, 1977, Huntsville, United States

Abstract

This tutorial consists of a review of the pertinent fundamentals of optics: concepts of incoherent, coherent, and partially coherent light; propagation of coherent light; diffraction and interference;Fraunhofer diffraction as a Fourier transformation; spatial frequency concepts; properties of image formation, amplitude impulse response, intensity impulse response, and the optical transfer function; simultaneous optical Fourier transformation and image formation; simple spatial filtering operations.

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Brian J. Thompson "Fundamentals Of Coherent Optics - A Tutorial", Proc. SPIE 0128, Effective Utilization of Optics in Radar Systems, (28 December 1977); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.955967

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