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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2011
James A. Georges, Iii, Brighton, MI (US);
James A. Georges, III, Brighton, MI (US);
Integrity Applications Incorporated, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are systems and methods for synthesizing a high resolution image associated with a large imaging aperture using an optical imaging apparatus having a smaller aperture. In certain implementations, introduction of a coherent homodyne reference beam to a coherent imaging of an object can result in formation of a Fourier space side lobe that includes information about a portion of a spectrum representative of the object's Fourier spectrum. Images can be obtained at a number of different orientations to yield a number of such side lobe images so as to allow construction of the object's spectrum. A synthesized image corresponding to such a constructed spectrum can have an improved resolution that exceeds the performance limit imposed by the aperture of the optical imaging apparatus.