title: Broad-source image plane holography as a confocal imaging process.
abstract: The process of image plane holography with incoherent illumination has many significant properties. The process can produce extremely high-quality, low-noise images, section slicing, image formation through inhomogeneities, and high-resolution image formation through small apertures. The process of confocal imaging has similar properties. We describe the similarities and differences between the two processes.
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: E N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Leith