title: Information-optimized phase diversity speckle imaging.
abstract: Fisher-information-based optimization of a conventional phase diversity speckle imaging system is presented. I demonstrate how Fisher information can be used to determine the optimum value of defocus in the diversity channel for estimating the mid-frequency integrated object power spectrum. This approach is likely to be useful in optimizing the design and performance of a general imaging system.
authors.affiliation: Center for Advanced Studies, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA. sprasad@unm.edu
authors.forename: Sudhakar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Prasad