Partially-coherent spirally-polarized gradual-edge imaging

In this work we develop a partially-coherent spirally-polarized imaging system for generating gradual edge detection images. A rotating diffuser is used for producing illumination sources with tunable degree of coherence. Using a 4f configuration, the frequency content of the image is modified by me...

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Autores: Pérez Aviñoa, Marcos, Martínez-Herrero, Rosario, Vallmitjana i Rico, Santiago, Latorre-Carmona, Pedro, Juvells Prades, Ignacio, Carnicer González, Arturo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/124679
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/124679
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Òptica de Fourier
Coherència (Òptica)
Polarització (Llum)
Fourier optics
Coherence (Optics)
Polarization (Light)
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Sumario:In this work we develop a partially-coherent spirally-polarized imaging system for generating gradual edge detection images. A rotating diffuser is used for producing illumination sources with tunable degree of coherence. Using a 4f configuration, the frequency content of the image is modified by means of a vortex half-wave retarder as a spatial filter. Accordingly, we analytically describe a spirally-polarized imaging system illuminated with a Gauss-Schell source using paraxial coherence-polarization theory. Numerical simulations and experimental results demonstrate the validity of our approach. We use a referenceless spatial content descriptor to assess the quality of the recorded images as a function of the coherence state of the source.