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    Area of Science:

    • Optical microscopy
    • Image processing
    • Wavefront sensing

    Background:

    • Optical phase aberrations significantly degrade imaging quality in microscopy.
    • Existing methods for aberration correction are often complex or limited in scope.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop and validate a purely numerical method for correcting large optical phase aberrations.
    • To demonstrate the robustness of the method against symmetric aberrations and its ability to correct residual aberrations.

    Main Methods:

    • Measurement of the complex coherence function in the pupil plane using an image-inverting interferometer.
    • Reconstruction of the spatially incoherent object distribution via Fourier transform.
    • Utilizing a reference measurement for comprehensive aberration correction.

    Main Results:

    • Demonstrated successful correction of optical phase aberrations with peak-to-valley values up to 8λ.
    • Confirmed that aberrations symmetric to the optical axis do not degrade imaging quality.
    • Achieved near-complete correction of remaining aberrations using a reference measurement.

    Conclusions:

    • The proposed numerical coherence imaging method effectively corrects substantial optical phase aberrations.
    • The technique offers a robust and versatile approach to enhancing imaging performance in microscopy.
    • Mathematical derivation and experimental verification support the method's practical applicability.