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Conclusion

We have presented a method of modifying the phase of an incoherent wavefront to produce an incoherent optical system with an extended depth of field. The general method of modifying the phase of an incoherent wavefront we term wavefront coding. When combined with digital filtering of intermediate images, this wavefront coded system delivers near diffraction limited performance with a large depth of field, and with maximum optical power at the image plane.



Ed Dowski
Tue Oct 31 12:23:40 MST 1995