Abstract
The space–bandwidth product (SW) is fundamental for judging the performance of an optical system. Often the SW of a system is defined only as a pure number that counts the degrees of freedom of the system. We claim that a quasi-geometrical representation of the SW in the Wigner domain is more useful. We also represent the input signal as a SW in the Wigner domain. For perfect signal processing it is necessary that the system SW fully embrace the signal SW.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 470-473 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision |
Volume | 13 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 1996 |