Phase-difference variance measurements of a coherent amplitude interferometer at low light levels

Douglas B. Rider; David G. Voelz; Keith A. Bush; Eric P. Magee

doi:10.1117/12.161992

9 November 1993 Phase-difference variance measurements of a coherent amplitude interferometer at low light levels

Douglas B. Rider, David G. Voelz, Keith A. Bush, Eric P. Magee

Proceedings Volume 2029, Digital Image Recovery and Synthesis II; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.161992
Event: SPIE's 1993 International Symposium on Optics, Imaging, and Instrumentation, 1993, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The ability to accurately measure the phase of the wavefront in an amplitude interferometer is fundamentally limited by the light level. Under high light conditions, the variance of the phase measurement is inversely proportional to the number of photons detected. In this paper, we review the basic theory of phase measurement for an optical heterodyne array imaging system for high light conditions. The theory is then extended to a sheared coherent interferometric photography (SCIP) system. Simulation and laboratory results verifying the theory and extending it to low light levels are then presented.

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Douglas B. Rider, David G. Voelz, Keith A. Bush, and Eric P. Magee "Phase-difference variance measurements of a coherent amplitude interferometer at low light levels", Proc. SPIE 2029, Digital Image Recovery and Synthesis II, (9 November 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.161992

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