CONTENTS

Preface

Acknowledgments

Acronyms

1 Past, Present, and Future

1.1 Three Revolutions

1.2 Computational Imaging

1.3 Overview

1.4 The Fourth Revolution

Problems

2 Geometric Imaging

2.1 Visibility

2.2 Optical Elements

2.3 Focal Imaging

2.4 Imaging Systems

2.5 Pinhole and Coded Aperture Imaging

2.6 Projection Tomography

2.7 Reference Structure Tomography

Problems

3 Analysis

3.1 Analytical Tools

3.2 Fields and Transformations

3.3 Fourier Analysis

3.4 Transfer Functions and Filters

3.5 The Fresnel Transformation

3.6 The Whittaker–Shannon Sampling Theorem

3.7 Discrete Analysis of Linear Transformations

3.8 Multiscale Sampling

3.9 B-Splines

3.10 Wavelets

Problems

4 Wave Imaging

4.1 Waves and Fields

4.2 Wave Model for Optical Fields

4.3 Wave Propagation

4.4 Diffraction

4.5 Wave Analysis of Optical Elements

4.6 Wave Propagation Through Thin Lenses

4.7 Fourier Analysis of Wave Imaging

4.8 Holography

Problems

5 Detection

5.1 The Optoelectronic Interface

5.2 Quantum Mechanics of Optical Detection

5.3 Optoelectronic Detectors

5.3.1 Photoconductive Detectors

5.3.2 Photodiodes

5.4 Physical Characteristics of Optical Detectors

5.5 Noise

5.6 Charge-Coupled Devices

5.7 Active Pixel Sensors

5.8 Infrared Focal Plane Arrays

Problems

6 Coherence Imaging

6.1 Coherence and Spectral Fields

6.2 Coherence Propagation

6.3 Measuring Coherence

6.3.1 Measuring Temporal Coherence

6.3.2 Spatial Interferometry

6.3.3 Rotational Shear Interferometry

6.3.4 Focal Interferometry

6.4 Fourier Analysis of Coherence ...

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