Publisher's Synopsis
This book is a means for understanding the principles of modern Fourier optics and their role in the formation and processing of images, successfully meeting a need for an elementary explanation of the common themes of Fourier optics in a wide variety of imaging applications, both optical and otherwise. This second edition improves the clarity of treatment, extends the range of applications, and includes problems on the core chapters.;The book also provides a means for understanding delta functions, frequency space, convolution and correlation, as well as Fourier series and transforms: all are widely used in present-day science and engineering. Other additions include appendices giving summary notes on main chapters, an appendix on maximum entropy data processing; a section on incoherent digital computer-based processing, and an appendix on signal processing. The book also studies radioastronomy and modern Fourier transform spectroscopy.
