Abstract

The effects of imaging with coherent light are investigated and related to the parameters of an imaging system. Theoretical results are presented to describe the imaging parameters and the coherent field effects. The experimental results show the coherent field effects of edge ringing and shifting, speckling and field-of-view limitation. Incoherent results are presented in some cases for comparison.

© 1966 Optical Society of America

Angular Dependence of Radiance of Rough Surfaces in Imaging Systems*

Philip S. Considine, David J. Cronin, and George O. Reynolds
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 56(7) 877-883 (1966)

Images of Coherently Illuminated Edged Objects Formed by Scanning Optical Systems

Robert E. Kinzly
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 56(1) 9-11 (1966)

Diffraction by Apertures Illuminated with Partially Coherent Light*

Robert A. Shore, Brian J. Thompson, and Robert E. Whitney
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 56(6) 733-738 (1966)

Effect of aberrations and apodization on the performance of coherent optical systems. II. Imaging

J. P. Mills and B. J. Thompson
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 3(5) 704-716 (1986)

Effects of Partial Coherence on Holography with Diffuse Illumination

M. Lurie
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 56(10) 1369-1372 (1966)