Optical resolution: an analysis based on catastrophe theory
- 1 August 1987
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Journal of the Optical Society of America A
- Vol. 4 (8), 1402-1406
- https://doi.org/10.1364/josaa.4.001402
Abstract
Intuitively, errors in photometric observations limit the resolution achievable by physical model fitting. This limit is precisely formulated and analyzed. The analysis is based on catastrophe theory and shows how errors may preclude resolution and which errors do so.Keywords
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