title: Sampling-theory approach to eigenwavefronts of imaging systems.
abstract: We present a direct method based on the sampling theorem for computing eigenwavefronts associated with linear space-invariant imaging systems (including aberrated imaging systems). A potential application of the eigenwavefronts to inverse problems in imaging is discussed. A noise-dependent measure for the information-carrying capacity of an imaging system is also proposed.
authors.affiliation: The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA. kedar@optics.rochester.edu
authors.forename: Kedar
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Khare
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: George