Achromatic self-imaging with finite extension light sources

作者:Jose Torcal Milla Francisco; Miguel Sanchez Brea Luis
来源:Journal of Optics, 2015, 17(12): 125605.
DOI:10.1088/2040-8978/17/12/125605

摘要

Self-imaging phenomenon has been widely used in many research areas and applications. We investigate how polychromatism joined to finite size of the source affect the self-imaging process. Under some restrictive circumstances, an achromatic and continuous self-imaging regime is produced. An intuitive analytical interpretation of the achromatic behavior in terms of optical paths is presented. These results are useful for a wide range of photonic and technological applications such as optical encoders, interferometry, optical inspection techniques, structured illumination, microscopy, etc.

  • 出版日期2015-12