Super-Resolution of Rotating Objects.

Abstract

It is shown that if an object passes through an interference field then a one-dimensional image can be formed along the direction of motion via synthetic aperture techniques. This technique, labeled Synthetic Interferometer Imaging depends on electronically detecting the intensity of the time varying signal scattered by the object. This detected signal is then, in general, match filtered to give the image. This technique was demonstrated using interference between two laser beams of the Hermite-Gaussian type with different transverse order number. For the case where the interference field is formed by two coherent point sources a spatial recording of the detected signal produces a simple hologram of the object. The effective (synthetic) aperture of this hologram and hence the image resolution is proportional to the recording time and is also dependent on the geometry of the system.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 30, 1976
Accession Number
ADA022563

Entities

People

  • C. C. Aleksoff

Organizations

  • University of Michigan

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplifiers
  • Geometry
  • Holograms
  • Intensity
  • Interferometers
  • Laser Beams
  • Lasers
  • Light Amplifiers
  • Light Sources
  • Optical Equipment
  • Transverse

Fields of Study

  • Engineering
  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics