The measurement of phase through the propagation of intensity: An introduction

Contemporary Physics

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-69

  Nugent, Keith A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coherence; Imaging; Intensity; Inverse problems; Phase; Synchrotrons; X rays

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651272189     PISSN: 00107514     EISSN: 13665812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00107514.2010.513884     Document Type: Article

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