Interferometric image reconstruction through the turbulent atmosphere.

A high-resolution image of an incoherent object can be recovered in spite of the atmospheric turbulence. The spatial frequency spectrum of object radiance is calculated from digitized interference patterns obtained by a computer-controlled wave front folding interferometer. The reconstruction technique and its application to a laboratory-generated turbulence are presented.

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