Diffraction-Limited Imaging of Space Objects II.

Abstract

This report describes the results of the second year of a three-year research program to investigate methods for obtaining diffraction-limited images of space objects, despite the turbulent atmosphere, by reconstructing images from data provided by optical interferometers (particularly stellar speckle interferometry). Accomplishments include the following. (1) Improved image reconstruction algorithms were developed. (2) A better understanding of modes of stagnation of algorithms was developed. (3) The performance of the shift-and-add image formation method and of one recursive algorithm were investigated. (4) A second recursive algorithm was shown to suffer from a uniqueness problem. (5) A potential new remote sensing application of the iterative reconstruction algorithm was explored. (Author).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA149344

Entities

People

  • J. R. Fienup

Organizations

  • Environmental Research Institute of Michigan

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Algorithms
  • Diffraction
  • Image Reconstruction
  • Information Processing
  • Interferometers
  • Interferometry
  • Measurement
  • Optical Interferometers
  • Optics
  • Remote Sensing
  • Scientific Research
  • Space Objects
  • Spearography
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects