arXiv:1807.03622 · Journal of the Optical Society of America A

Interferometry-based modal analysis with finite aperture effects

Davood Mardani, Ayman F. Abouraddy, George Atia

Published Oct 22, 2018• 1 citation

Abstract

We analyze the effects of aperture finiteness on interferograms recorded to unveil the modal content of optical beams in arbitrary bases using generalized interferometry. We develop a scheme for modal reconstruction from interferometric measurements that accounts for the ensuing clipping effects. Clipping-cognizant reconstruction is shown to yield significant performance gains over traditional schemes that overlook such effects that do arise in practice.

DOI: 10.1364/josaa.35.001880

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