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John_H
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Thank you for your insights on this.
Suppose our kitchen table has a double glass top. Here and there it produces Newton's rings type interference patterns.
I understand that by reverse transforming an interference pattern you can recover an image.
If I were to somehow do this (optically, or computationally) to one of the ring interference patterns on the tabletop, would I recover an image of the kitchen ceiling? Maybe the floor?
Another version of the same problem. Say I look over the side of a boat and see my face reflected in the water. Then, in refueling the outboard motor, say -- I spill a thin film of gasoline onto the surface of the pond. If I were to somehow FT that colorful interference pattern on the water, would I recover an image of my face, peering down into it?
John
Suppose our kitchen table has a double glass top. Here and there it produces Newton's rings type interference patterns.
I understand that by reverse transforming an interference pattern you can recover an image.
If I were to somehow do this (optically, or computationally) to one of the ring interference patterns on the tabletop, would I recover an image of the kitchen ceiling? Maybe the floor?
Another version of the same problem. Say I look over the side of a boat and see my face reflected in the water. Then, in refueling the outboard motor, say -- I spill a thin film of gasoline onto the surface of the pond. If I were to somehow FT that colorful interference pattern on the water, would I recover an image of my face, peering down into it?
John
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