Effect of coherence and polarization on frequency resolution in optical Fourier transforming system.

Using an example of vector Gaussian Schell-model beam, we demonstrate and analyze the dependence of the spatial frequency resolution in optical Fourier transforming system on the intrinsic coherence-polarization structure of illumination.

Effect of coherence and polarization on resolution of optical imaging system.

The effect of coherence properties of illumination on image resolution, well known in a scalar case, is studied for the case of vector electromagnetic illumination. Using an example of vector Gaussian Schell-model illumination, we analyze the dependence of optical system resolution on the transverse correlation lengths of the orthogonal field components and on the ratio of the powers of these components, each taken separately.