Published April 1, 1992
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Journal article
Diffraction of light by an opaque sphere. 2: Image formation and resolution considerations
Creators
- 1. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the University of California, Livermore, California 94550 (United States)
- 2. School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 75275 (United States)
- 3. Accelerator Design Division of the Superconducting Supercollider Laboratory, Suite 125, 2550 Beckleymeade Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75237-3946 (United States)
Description
This paper takes the theoretical results of the first paper [Appl. Opt. 29, 4646 (1990) ] and develops the idea of image formation using the diffractive process from Ref. 1 in terms of the point-spread function and the transfer function for both coherent and incoherent light. Theoretical and experimental comparisons are made for two-point resolution and imaging of extended objects. In addition, image formation with a sphere is compared with conventional image formation with a lens
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Applied Optics
- Journal Volume
- 31
- Journal Issue
- 10
- Series
- Appl. Opt.
- Journal Page Range
- 1385-1398
- ISSN
- 0003-6935
- CODEN
- APOPA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 23084693
- Subject category
- S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- DIFFRACTION; IMAGES; RESOLUTION; SPHERES; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; VISIBLE RADIATION
- Descriptors DEC
- COHERENT SCATTERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FUNCTIONS; RADIATIONS; SCATTERING