Phase retrieval from diffraction intensities by use of a scanning slit aperture.
A noniterative method of retrieving the phase of a wave field from intensities measured during scanning of a slit aperture is proposed. In the measurements, one records the diffraction intensities of wave fields transmitted through a slit that is scanned along two directions in the Fresnel-zone plane of an object's field. From these intensities, the phase in the Fresnel-zone plane can be retrieved by a method in which a novel phase calculation technique that uses Fourier transforms is included. Because the method does not require lens systems, it provides a potentially useful means for coherent imaging by use of x rays, electrons, or nuclear particles.
Nakajima
Nobuharu
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College of Engineering, Shizuoka University, 3-5-1 Johoku, Hamamatsu 432-8561, Japan. tsnnaka@ipc.shizuoka.ac.jp