Resolution criterion and contrast factor for resolving two-line images under coherent and incoherent illumination

Pronab Kumar Mondal; Maria L. Calvo; Margarita L. Chevalier

doi:10.1117/12.34759

1 July 1990 Resolution criterion and contrast factor for resolving two-line images under coherent and incoherent illumination

Pronab Kumar Mondal, Maria L. Calvo, Margarita L. Chevalier

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Proceedings Volume 1319, Optics in Complex Systems; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.34759
Event: 15th International Optics in Complex Systems, 1990, Garmisch, Germany

Abstract

We define a resolution criterion for the case of two narrow line images. For doing so, we have considered the two lines as superposition of gradients of two Heaviside step-functions.

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Pronab Kumar Mondal, Maria L. Calvo, and Margarita L. Chevalier "Resolution criterion and contrast factor for resolving two-line images under coherent and incoherent illumination", Proc. SPIE 1319, Optics in Complex Systems, (1 July 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.34759

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