Signal-to-noise ratio limitations for intensity correlation imaging
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Fried, David L.
Riker, Jim
Agrawal, Brij
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Probability theory
stochastic processes
and statistics
Noise in imaging systems
Photon statistics
Imaging systems
Physical optics
Interferometric imaging
stochastic processes
and statistics
Noise in imaging systems
Photon statistics
Imaging systems
Physical optics
Interferometric imaging
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2014-07
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Optica Publishing Group
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Intensity correlation imaging (ICI) is a concept which has been considered for the task of providing images of satellites in geosynchronous orbit using ground-based equipment. This concept is based on the intensity interferometer principle first developed by Hanbury Brown and Twiss. It is the objective of this paper to establish that a sun-lit geosynchronous satellite is too faint a target object to allow intensity interferometry to be used in developing image information about it- at least not in a reasonable time and with a reasonable amount of equipment. An analytic treatment of the basic phenomena is presented.
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J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, Volume 31, No. 7, pp. 1536-1546 (July 2014)
The article of record as published may be located at http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.31.001536
The article of record as published may be located at http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.31.001536
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Mechanical & Astronautical Engineering
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.