Wavelength-compensated Fourier and Fresnel transformers: a unified approach

Opt Lett. 2002 Jun 1;27(11):942-4. doi: 10.1364/ol.27.000942.

Abstract

We recognize that one can adapt any dispersion-compensated broadband optical Fourier transformer to achieve wavelength compensation in the Fresnel diffraction region just by inserting a diffractive lens at the input plane and vice versa. This unification procedure is employed in a second stage in the design of a novel hybrid (diffractive-refractive) optical setup that provides, in a sequential way, nearly wavelength-independent Fresnel diffraction patterns in the irradiance of the object transmittance.