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    Area of Science:

    • Optics and Photonics
    • Digital Image Processing
    • Coherent Imaging Systems

    Background:

    • Partially coherent imaging systems often suffer from phase errors that degrade image quality.
    • Accurate phase correction is crucial for achieving diffraction-limited performance.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To present a digital piston phase correction method for partially coherent imaging.
    • To enable lossless correction of phase errors in active or passive illumination systems.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilizing an anamorphic pupil relay to shift a two-subaperture array.
    • Separating subaperture cross- and auto-correlations while preserving common spatial frequency information.
    • Employing digital analysis of common frequencies to determine separation distance and piston phase error.

    Main Results:

    • The digital method achieves lossless correction of piston phase errors.
    • Corrected images are diffraction-limited.
    • Partial coherence allows for relaxed optical path difference tolerances with decreased system bandwidth.

    Conclusions:

    • The digital piston phase correction method is effective for partially coherent synthesis.
    • The technique offers a robust solution for improving image quality in challenging illumination conditions.