Optimal conditions for using the binary approximation of continuously self-imaging gratings

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 23054-23066

  Piponnier, Martin ^a   Druart, Guillaume ^a   Guérineau, Nicolas ^a   De Bougrenet, Jean Louis ^b   Primot, Jérǒme ^a  

^a ONERA   (France)

^b ECOLE DES MINES DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARIZATIONS; DEPTH OF FOCUS; IMAGING APPLICATIONS; INTENSITY PATTERNS; NONDIFFRACTING; OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; PARASITIC EFFECT; PHASE CODING; SELF IMAGING;

OPTICS;

EID: 80755127074     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.023054     Document Type: Article

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