Three-dimensional imaging of random radiation sources
- 15 July 1996
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 21 (14) , 1011-1013
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.21.001011
Abstract
A method to image random three-dimensional source distributions is proposed. We show that, by using a Michelson stellar interferometer in a prescribed fashion, one is able to measure a special form of a threedimensional degree of coherence. The inverse Fourier transform of this coherence function yields the threedimensional intensity distribution of the source as seen from the paraxial far zone.Keywords
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