title: Amplitude and phase reconstruction by radial shearing interferometry.
abstract: We describe a new procedure for retrieving both amplitude and phase of an optical beam from radial shearing measurements. Information from the sheared interferogram is used to estimate and improve the beam and wavefront shape in successive iterations. We present computer simulations and experimental results that show the performance of the method.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Física Aplicada, Escola Universitaria de Optica e Optometría, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. faelena@usc.es
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: López Lago
authors.forename: Raúl
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: de la Fuente