Grating pseudo-imaging with polychromatic and finite extension sources

The pseudo-imaging process in a system consisting of two periodic gratings and illuminated by an incoherent polychromatic and finite extension source placed at a finite distance from the gratings is studied. An analytical expression of the irradiance distribution on a plane, also located at a finite...

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Autores: García Rodríguez, Lucas, Alonso Fernández, José, Bernabeu Martínez, Eusebio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2004
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/51203
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/51203
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:535
Partially Coherent Illumination
Lau
Talbot
Explanation
Images
Óptica (Física)
2209.19 Óptica Física
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Sumario:The pseudo-imaging process in a system consisting of two periodic gratings and illuminated by an incoherent polychromatic and finite extension source placed at a finite distance from the gratings is studied. An analytical expression of the irradiance distribution on a plane, also located at a finite distance from the gratings, has been obtained from previous results on monochromatic illumination. In the analysis presented, different imaging regimes are found and related to the parameters which characterize the double grating system. The pseudo-imaging phenomenon strongly depends on both the spatial and temporal coherence of the incident illuminating field. Certain pseudo-images are observed with polychromatic and incoherent incident light under some restrictions. On the other hand, pseudo-image process analogous to Talbot effect appears only by monochromatic and plane illuminating wavefront.