Published July 15, 1996 | Version public
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Three-dimensional imaging of random radiation sources

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 three-dimensional degree of coherence. The inverse Fourier transform of this coherence function yields the three-dimensional intensity distribution of the source as seen from the paraxial far zone.

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© 1996 Optical Society of America Received February 6, 1996 This research was supported by the U.S. Army Research Office and the Advanced Research Projects Agency.

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