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Noise-Limitations of Coherence Imaging Based on Wavefront Folding Interferometry

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Noise-limitations of the coherence imaging system based on the wavefront folding interferometer are studied. The signal-to-noise ratio SNR in two kinds of noise-limiting cases, the photon-noise-limit and the detector-noise-limit, is derived and are compared with the experimental results. The experimental demonstration is conducted using a wavefront folding interferometer and a single slit that provides the light source. An ensemble of ten sets of data are measured under the same conditions and the statistics of the retrieved images are computed from them. It is verified that the experimental results generally agree with the theoretical expectations.

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  1. Graduate School of Engineering, Department of Applied Physics, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan

    Hidenobu Arimoto & Kazuyoshi Itoh

  2. Earth Observation Research Center, National Space Development Agency of Japan, 1-1-9 Roppongi, Minatoku, Tokyo, 106-0032, Japan

    Kyu Yoshimori

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Arimoto, H., Yoshimori, K. & Itoh, K. Noise-Limitations of Coherence Imaging Based on Wavefront Folding Interferometry. OPT REV 7, 123–128 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10043-000-0123-9

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