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Fourier Optics and Computational Imaging

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  • Includes detailed discussion of topics in Fourier optics, e.g., diffraction phenomena
  • Describes several system ideas combining optical hardware design and image reconstruction algorithms
  • Provides current research trends of computational imaging

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Mathematical Preliminaries

  2. Concepts in Optics

  3. Computational Imaging Systems

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About this book

The book is designed to serve as a textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in physics and electronics and communication engineering and mathematics. The book provides an introduction to Fourier optics in light of new developments in the area of computational imaging over the last couple of decades. There is an in-depth discussion of mathematical methods such as Fourier analysis, linear systems theory, random processes, and optimization-based image reconstruction techniques. These techniques are very much essential for a better understanding of the working of computational imaging systems. It discusses topics in Fourier optics, e.g., diffraction phenomena, coherent and incoherent imaging systems, and some aspects of coherence theory. These concepts are then used to describe several system ideas that combine optical hardware design and image reconstruction algorithms, such as digital holography, iterative phase retrieval, super-resolution imaging, point spread function engineering for enhanced depth-of-focus, projection-based imaging, single-pixel or ghost imaging, etc. The topics covered in this book can provide an elementary introduction to the exciting area of computational imaging for students who may wish to work with imaging systems in their future careers.

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“This book is addressed mainly to undergraduate and Ph.D. students interested in the topics of Fourier optics and imaging, which are of paramount importance in optics.” (Daniela Dragoman, optica-opn.org, August 10, 2023)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Optics and Photonics Centre, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India

    Kedar Khare

  • Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India

    Mansi Butola, Sunaina Rajora

About the authors

Prof. Kedar Khare is an Institute Chair Associate Professor at Optics and Photonics Centre and Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. He additionally serves as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Modern Optics. Before joining IIT Delhi as a faculty member, he worked as a Lead Scientist for over five years at General Electric Global Research in Niskayuna, NY. Professor Khare’s research interests span wide-ranging problems in computational imaging. In recent years he has been actively engaged in research on quantitative phase imaging, Fourier phase retrieval, computational microscopy, diagnostic MRI imaging, cryo-electron microscopy, and structured light propagation in turbulence. Prof. Khare received his MSc in Physics from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur with the highest honors and his Ph.D. in Optics from The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester. Prof. Khare is a Senior Member of Optica.

Mansi Butola is currently a Ph.D. studentat the Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. Her research interests include computational imaging systems in general and her thesis work has focused on iterative phase retrieval algorithms for coherent diffraction imaging. She completed her B. Sc. (Honours) in Physics from Delhi University in 2014. After that in 2016, she received her M. Sc. in Physics from Garhwal University. She is a member of the Optica Student Chapter at IIT Delhi and has actively participated in organizing multiple seminars/workshops and outreach activities.

Sunaina Rajora is currently a Ph.D. student in the Department of Physics at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. Her research interests include inverse problems in imaging, optimization algorithms, quantitative phase imaging, digital holography, and tomographic reconstruction. She received her B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Physics from Aligarh Muslim University, India in 2013 and 2015, respectively. She is a member of the Optica Student Chapter at IIT Delhi and has actively participated in organizing seminars/workshops and outreach activities.


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Fourier Optics and Computational Imaging

  • Authors: Kedar Khare, Mansi Butola, Sunaina Rajora

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-18353-9

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-18352-2Published: 03 January 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-18355-3Published: 04 January 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-18353-9Published: 02 January 2023

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XV, 294

  • Number of Illustrations: 62 b/w illustrations, 59 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Communications Engineering, Networks, Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices, Theory of Computation, Fourier Analysis

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