Talbot array illuminators providing spatial intensity and phase modulation

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1092-1102

  Kodate, Kashiko ^b   Arimoto, Yoshinori ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Array illuminator; Phase grating; Spatial phase modulation; Talbot effect

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; FREQUENCIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHASE MODULATION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ARRAY ILLUMINATORS; FRESNEL-KIRCHHOFF MODEL; INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION; PHASE GRATINGS; SPATIAL PHASE MODULATION; TALBOT EFFECT;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 0031139470     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.14.001092     Document Type: Article

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