Sharpness limitations in the projection of thin lines by use of the Talbot experiment

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

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2276-2282

  di Mambro, Emmanuel ^a   Haïdar, Riad ^a   Guérineau, Nicolas ^a   Primot, Jérôme ^a  

^a ONERA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ESTIMATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

IMAGE SHARPNESS; TALBOT EFFECT;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 10944231287     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.21.002276     Document Type: Article

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