A limited diffraction beams (LDB) imaging system with Chebyshev weighting is presented. The objective of the paper is to reduce the sidelobes of the LDB without impacting on main-lobe performance and increase the contrast-resolution of the imaging system. The Chebyshev weighting is applied to the LDB and an analytic description and the simulation results are obtained. Theoretical analysis and simulation results show that the LDB with Chebyshev weighting can reduce sidelobes, and improve imaging system performances.
Topics
Optical signal processing
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