Optical simulation of phase-distorted imaging systems: nonlinear and adaptive optics approach

Mikhail A. Vorontsov; Jennifer C. Ricklin; Gary W. Carhart

doi:10.1117/12.213607

1 November 1995 Optical simulation of phase-distorted imaging systems: nonlinear and adaptive optics approach

Mikhail A. Vorontsov, Jennifer C. Ricklin, Gary W. Carhart

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 34, Issue 11, (November 1995). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.213607

Abstract

We discuss a technique based on nonlinear and adaptive optics for simulation of phase-distortion effects in imaging systems. This technique uses a nonlinear two-dimensional optical feedback system to produce a controllable spatially and temporally varying chaotic intensity distribution. The intensity pattern is converted into a spatially varying thin phase screen using an optically addressed spatial phase modulator. A chaotic phase distortion is then introduced into an imaging system's output image by propagation through the phase screen. A deformable mirror with computer control is used for simulation of large-scale phase distortions.

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Mikhail A. Vorontsov, Jennifer C. Ricklin, and Gary W. Carhart "Optical simulation of phase-distorted imaging systems: nonlinear and adaptive optics approach," Optical Engineering 34(11), (1 November 1995). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.213607

Published: 1 November 1995

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