title: Polarization filtering induced by imaging systems: effect on image structure.
abstract: In this paper are reported the results concerning the experimental study of the interaction between the vectorial amplitude of an optical field and imaging systems. It is shown that far-field as well as near-field imaging systems beside their spatial frequency filtering ability, also act as polarization filters playing a determinant role on the image structure. This conclusion is drawn from an experimental and theoretical study involving a radially polarized Bessel beam used as a test object.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Optique P M Duffieux, UMR 6603, CNRS/Université de Franche-Comté, IMFC FR67, UFR Sciences et Techniques, 25030 Besançon cedex, France. thierry.grosjean@univ-fcomte.fr
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authors.lastname: Grosjean
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authors.lastname: Courjon