Noise performance of an achromatic coherent optical system.
The noise-suppression characteristics of an achromatic optical processing system when operated with a broad-spectrum light source are analyzed. It is shown that such systems produce considerable noise improvement. Both signal-dependent and signal-independent noise are considered. In each case, we find that the achromatic coherent system behaves much like an incoherent imaging system.
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