1984•Optica Acta International Journal of OpticsRequires access

Ambiguity Function and Wigner Distribution Function Applied to Partially Coherent Imagery

Karl‐Heinz Brenner, J. Ojeda‐Castañeda

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The mutual intensity function is conveniently replaced by the ambiguity function or the Wigner distribution function. This allows us to treat optical systems under partially coherent illumination in a simple fashion. Many optical set-ups can be described on a geometrical basis, as is illustrated with some examples.

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Key concepts: Ambiguity function, Wigner distribution function, Ambiguity, Function (biology), Basis (linear algebra), Distribution (mathematics), Simple (philosophy), Distribution function