Publications

Fienup Research Group PhD Theses

PDFs Available from the University of Rochester

Matthias T. Banet, “Wavefront sensing and 3D image reconstruction in deep turbulence” (2023).

Scott D. Will, “Advanced coronagraphic modeling and wavefront control” (2022).

Wesley E. Farriss, “Iterative phase estimation algorithms in interferometric systems” (2021).

Aaron M. Michalko, “Advances in optical surface metrology by phase and prescription retrieval” (2020).

Scott W. Paine, “Expanding the Capture Range of Image-based Wavefront Sensing problems” (2019).

Alexander S. Iacchetta, “Spatio-spectral Interferometric Imaging and the Wide-field Imaging Interferometry Testbed” (2018).

Matthew D. Bergkoetter, “Phase Retrieval for Chromatic Aberrations and Wide-Field Detectors” (2017).

Zachary J. DeSantis, “Image Reconstruction for Interferometric Imaging of Geosynchronous Satellites” (2017).

Dustin B. Moore, “Optical Metrology by Prescription Retrieval and Transverse-Translation Diversity Phase Retrieval” (2016).

Alden S. Jurling, “Advances in Algorithms for Image Based Wavefront Sensing” (2014).

Nathan A. Clark, “Microscope Characterization using Phase Retrieval Applied to Determine the Spatial Distribution of Membrane-Associated Proteins in Hematocytes” (2012). (Prof. Richard E. Waugh, primary advisor)

Abbie E. Tippie (Watnik), “Aberration Correction in Digital Holography” (2012).

Thomas P. Zielinski, “Robust Image-Based Wavefront Sensing” (2011).

Manuel Guizar-Sicairos, “Methods for Coherent Lensless Imaging and X-ray Wavefront Measurement” (2010).

Sapna A, Shroff, “Structured Illumination Imaging” (2010).

Matthew R. Bolcar, “Phase Diversity for Segmented and Multi-aperture Systems” (2008).

Gregory R. Brady, “Application of Phase Retrieval to the Measurement of Optical Surfaces and Wavefronts” (2008).

Publications by Yaocheng (Sparrow) Tian

Y. Tian and J.R. Fienup, “Phase retrieval with only a nonnegativity constraint,” Opt. Letters, 48, 135-138 (2023). [PDF, 3.3 MB]

Publications by Matthias Banet

M.T. Banet, J.R. Fienup and B.W. Krause, “Demonstration of multi-plane sharpness metric maximization on motion-compensated, multi-wavelength 3D digital holographic field data,” Opt. Lett. 49, 418-421 (2024). DOI: 10.1364/OL.499173 [PDF, 8.4 MB]

M.T. Banet, A. Idris and J.R. Fienup, “Multiplexed, multi-wavelength 3D digital holographic imaging methods with range unwrapping,” Proc. SPIE 1269304 (2023). doi: 10.1117/12.2676428.

M.T. Banet and J.R. Fienup, “Speckle decorrelation effects on motion-compensated, multi-wavelength 3D digital holography: theory and simulations,” Opt. Eng 62(7), 073103 (2023), doi: 10.1117/1.OE.62.7.073103 [PDF, 5.4 MB]

M.T. Banet, J.R. Fienup, J.D. Schmidt, and M.F. Spencer, “3D multi-plane sharpness metric maximization with variable corrective phase screens,” Appl. Opt. 60, G243-G252 (2021). [PDF, 9.2 MB]

Publications by Aaron Michalko

A.M. Michalko and J.R. Fienup, “Development of a concave freeform surface measurement using transverse translation-diverse phase retrieval,” Opt. Eng. 59(6), 064101 (2020). [PDF, 3.3 MB]

A.M. Michalko and J.R. Fienup, “Verification of transverse translation diverse phase retrieval for concave optical metrology,” Opt. Letters 19, 4827-4830 (2018). [PDF, 1.6 MB]

A.M. Michalko and J.R. Fienup, “Transverse Translation Diverse Phase Retrieval Using Soft-Edged Illumination,” Opt. Lett. 43, 1331-1334 (2018). [PDF, 1.7 MB]

Publications by Wes Farriss

W.E. Farriss, J.R. Fienup, T. Malhotra, and A.N. Vamivakas, “Phase retrieval in generalized optical interferometry systems,” Opt. Express 26, 2191-2202 (2018). [PDF 3.6 MB]

T. Malhotra, W.E. Farriss, J. Hassett, A.F. Abouraddy, J.R. Fienup, and A.N. Vamivakas, “Interferometric spatial mode analyzer with a bucket detector,” Opt. Express 26, 8719-8728 (2018). [PDF 7.3 MB]

Publications by Scott Will

S.D. Will, M.D. Perrin, E.H. Por, J. Noss, A. Sahoo, P. Petrone, I. Laginja, R. Pourcelot, S.M. Redmond, L. Pueyo, T.D. Groff, J.R. Fienup and R. Soummer, “High-order coronagraphic wavefront control with algorithmic differentiation: first experimental demonstration,” J. Astron. Telesc. Instrum. Syst. 9(4), 045004 (2023). [PDF, 7.1 MB]

S.D. Will, T.D. Groff, J.R. Fienup, “Jacobian-free coronagraphic wavefront control using nonlinear optimization,” J. Astron. Telesc. Instrum. Syst. 7(1), 019002 (2021), doi: 10.1117/1.JATIS.7.1.019002. [PDF, 1.3 MB]

S.D. Will and J.R. Fienup, “An algorithm for exact area-weighted antialiasing of discrete circular apertures,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A. 37, 688-696 (2020). [PDF, 0.7 MB]

S.D. Will and J.R. Fienup, “Field stop diffraction and sampling effects in apodized pupil Lyot coronagraphs,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A37, 629-642 (2020). [PDF, 2 MB]

Publications by Joseph Tang

J.S. Tang and J.R. Fienup, “Integrating Bias and Gain Invariance with the Generalized Anscombe Transform for Wavefront Sensing,” Proc. SPIE 1144348 (2020). [PDF, 0.7 MB]

Publications by Former Group Members while at Rochester

Publications by Scott Paine

S.W. Paine and J.R. Fienup, “Machine learning for improved image-based wavefront sensing,” Opt. Lett. 43, 1235-1238 (2018). [PDF, 1.8 MB]

S.W. Paine and J.R. Fienup, “Extending capture range for piston retrieval in segmented systems,” Appl. Opt. 56, 9186-9192 (2017). [PDF, 1 MB]

Publications by Alex Iacchetta

A.S. Iacchetta and J.R. Fienup, “Wide-Field Spatiospectral Interferometry: Theory and Imaging Properties,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 34, 1896-1907 (2017). [PDF 4.1 MB]

A.S. Iacchetta, J.R. Fienup, and D.T. Leisawitz, “Rotation and Translation Registration of Bandlimited Interferometric Images using a Chirp Z-Transform,” in Optical and Infrared Interferometry and Imaging V, Proc. SPIE 9907-3G (2016). [PDF 796 kB]

Publications by Matt Bergkoetter

M.D. Bergkoetter, B.E. Kruschwitz, S.-W. Bahk, and J.R. Fienup, “Measurement of Chromatic Aberrations Using Phase Retrieval,” J.Opt.Soc.Am. A 38, 1853-1865 (2021) [PDF, 15.4 MB]

Publications by Dustin Moore

D.B. Moore and J.R. Fienup, “Ptychography for optical metrology with limited translation knowledge,” Appl. Opt. 55, 4596-4610 (2016). [PDF 1.5 MB]

D.B. Moore and J.R. Fienup, “Subaperture translation estimation accuracy in transverse-translation diversity phase retrieval,” Appl. Opt. 55, 2526-2536 (2016). [PDF 665 kB]

Publications by Alden Jurling

A.S. Jurling, M.D. Bergkoetter, and J.R. Fienup, “Techniques for arbitrary sampling in two-dimensional Fourier transforms,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A35, 1784-1796 (2018) [PDF, 4.7 MB]

A.S. Jurling and J.R. Fienup, “Phase retrieval with unknown sampling factors via the two-dimensional chirp z-transform,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 31, 1904-1911 (2014). [PDF, 369 kB]

A.S. Jurling and J.R. Fienup, “Applications of Algorithmic Differentiation to Phase Retrieval Algorithms,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 31, 1348-1359 (2014). [PDF, 222 kB]

A.S. Jurling and J.R. Fienup, “Extended Capture Range for Focus Diverse Phase Retrieval in Segmented Aperture Systems Using Geometrical Optics,” J.Opt. Soc. Am. A 31, 661-666 (2014). [PDF, 538 kB]

Publications by Sapna Shroff

U.S. Patent No. 8,279,329, “Structured Illumination for Imaging of Stationary and Non-stationary, Fluorescent and Non-fluorescent, Objects,” S.A. Shroff, J.R. Fienup and D.P. Williams, Issued October 2, 2012.

S.A. Shroff, J.R. Fienup and D.R. Williams, “Lateral superresolution using a posteriori phase shift estimation for a moving object: experimental results,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 27, 1770-1782 (2010). [PDF, 896 kB]

S.A. Shroff, J.R. Fienup and D.R. Williams, “Phase Shift Estimation in Sinusoidally Illuminated Images for Lateral Superesolution,” J.Opt.Soc.Am A 26, 413-424 (2009). [PDF, 1.3 MB]

S.A. Shroff, J.R. Fienup and D.R. Williams, “Pase Shift Estimation in Structured Illumination Imaging for Lateral Resolution Enhancement,” in Signal Recovery and Synthesis Topical Meeting of the Optical Society of America, Vancouver, BC, June 2007, paper SMA2. [PDF, 224 kB]

Sapna A. Shroff, James R. Fienup, David R. Williams,  “OTF Compensation in Structured Illumination Superresolution Images,” in Proc. SPIE 7094, Unconventional Imaging IV (San Diego, CA, August 2008) (invited presentation), pp. 709402-1-11. [PDF, 516 kB]

Publications by Manuel Guizar-Sicairos

M. Guizar-Sicairos and J.R. Fienup, “Understanding the twin-image problem in phase retrieval,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 29, 2367-2375 (2012). [PDF, 1.7 MB]

M. Guizar-Sicairos, S. Narayanan, M. Metzler, A.R. Sandy, J.R. Fienup, and K. Evans-Lutterodt, “Measurement of hard x-ray lens wavefront aberrations using phase retrieval,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 98, 111108 (2011). [PDF, 1.3 MB]

M. Guizar-Sicairos, D. Zhu and J.R. Fienup, “Differentially Encoded Holography for X-Ray Coherent Imaging,” Optics and Photonics News, 21, 31 (December 2010). [PDF, 70 kB]

C.M. Kewish, M. Guizar-Sicairos, C. Liu, J. Qian, B. Shi, C. Benson, A.M. Khounsary, J. Vila-Comamala, O. Bunk, J.R. Fienup, A.T. Macrander, L. Assoufid, “Reconstruction of an Astigmatic Hard X-ray Beam and Alignment of K-B Mirrors from Ptychographic Coherent Diffraction Data,” Opt. Express 18, 23420-23427 (2010). [PDF, 1.2 MB]

S. Lee and M. Guizar-Sicairos, “Validation of quantitative Ronchi test through numerical propagation,” Opt. Express 18, 18525-18531 (2010) [PDF, 1.2 MB]

M. Guizar-Sicairos, K. Evans-Lutterodt, A.F. Isakovic, A. Stein, J.B. Warren, A.R. Sandy, S. Narayanan and J.R. Fienup, “One-dimensional hard x-ray field retrieval using a moveable structure,” Opt. Express 18, 18374-18382 (2010). [PDF, 1.2 MB]

D. Gauthier, M. Guizar-Sicairos, X. Ge, W. Boutu, B. Carré, J. R. Fienup, and H. Merdji, “Single-shot Femtosecond X-Ray Holography Using Extended References,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 093901 (2010). [PDF, 2.8 MB].

D. Zhu, M. Guizar-Sicairos, B. Wu, A. Scherz, Y. Acremann, T. Tyliszczak, P. Fischer, N. Friedenberger, K. Ollefs, M. Farle, J.R. Fienup, and J. Stöhr, “High Resolution X-ray Lensless Imaging by Differential Holographic Encoding,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 043901 (2010). [PDF, 2.4 MB]

M. Guizar-Sicairos, D. Zhu, J.R. Fienup, B. Wu, A. Scherz and J. Stöhr, “Holographic image reconstruction through the application of differential and integral operators,” Opt. Lett.s, 35, 928-930 (2010). [PDF, 240 kB]

M. Guizar-Sicairos and J.R. Fienup, “Measurment of coherent x-ray focused beams by phase retrieval with transverse translation diversity,” Opt. Express 17, 2670-2685 (2009). [PDF, 4.2 MB]

G.R. Brady, M. Guizar-Sicairos and J.R. Fienup, “Optical Wavefront Measurement using Phase Retrieval with Transverse Translation Diversity,” Opt. Express 17, 624-639 (2009). [PDF, 708 kB]

M. Guizar-Sicairos and J.R. Fienup, “Direct image reconstruction from a Fourier intensity pattern using HERALDO,” Opt. Lett. 33, 2668-2670 (2008). [PDF, 404 kB]

M. Guizar-Sicairos and J.R. Fienup, “Image reconstruction by phase retrieval with transverse translation diversity,” Proc. SPIE 7076, Image Reconstruction from Incomplete Data V (San Diego, CA, August 2008), pp. 70760A1-9. [PDF, 1 MB]

M. Guizar-Sicairos and J.R. Fienup, “Phase retrieval with transverse translation diversity: a nonlinear optimization approach,” Opt. Express 16, 7264-78 (12 May 2008). [PDF, 324 kB]

M. Guizar-Sicairos and J.R. Fienup, “Phase Retrieval with Fourier-weighted Projections,” J.Opt. Soc. Am. A, 25, 701-709 (2008). [PDF, 920 kB]

M. Guizar-Sicairos, S.T. Thurman and J.R. Fienup, “Efficient Subpixel Image Registration Algorithms,” Opt. Lett. 33, 156-158 (2008). [PDF, 220 kB]
— The software for this is available at http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/authors/16644

M. Guizar-Sicairos, and J.R. Fienup, “Holography with Extended Reference by Autocorrelation Linear Differential Operation,” Opt. Express 15, 17592-17612 (2007).
https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.15.017592

Publications by Tom Zielinski

T.P. Zielinski and J.R. Fienup, “False Diamond Turning Artifacts in Phase Retrieval Results,” Proc. SPIE 7731, 773156 (2010). [PDF, 992 kB]

Publications by Abbie Tippie Watnik

A.E. Tippie, A. Kumar, and J.R. Fienup, “High-resolution synthetic-aperture digital holography with digital phase and pupil correction,” Opt. Express 19, 12027-12038 (2011). [PDF, 2.1 MB]

A.E. Tippie and J.R. Fienup, “Multiple-Plane Anisoplanatic Phase Correction in a Laboratory Digital Holography Experiment,” Opt. Lett. 35, 3291-3293 (2010). [PDF, 455 kB]

A.E. Tippie and J.R. Fienup, “Phase-error Correction for Multiple Planes using a Sharpness Metric,” Opt Lett. 34, 701-703 (2009). [PDF, 280 kB]

A.E. Tippie and J.R. Fienup, “Phase Error Correction for Multiple Planes using Sharpness Metrics,” Proc. SPIE 7094, Unconventional Imaging IV (San Diego, CA, August 2008) pp. 709404-1-6. [PDF, 616 kB]

Publications by Seung-Whan Bahk

S.-W. Bahk, J.D. Zuegel, J.R. Fienup, C.C. Widmayer, and J. Heebner, “Spot-shadowing optimization to mitigate damage growth in a high-energy-laser amplifier chain,” Appl. Opt. 47, 6586-6593 (2008). [PDF, 288 kB]

S-W. Bahk, J. Bromage, J. D. Zuegel, and J. R. Fienup, “Application of Phase Retrieval for Predicting a High-Intensity Focused Laser Field,” in CLEO/QELS, OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optical Society of America, 2008), paper JThB6. [PDF, 68 kB]

Publications by Sam Thurman

“Method of obtaining wavefront slope data from through-focus point spread function measurements,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 28, 1-7 (2011). [PDF, 983 kB]

S.T. Thurman and J.R. Fienup, “Application of the General Image Quality Equation to Aberrated Imagery,” Appl. Opt. 49, 2132-2142 (2010). [PDF, 1 MB]

S.T. Thurman and J.R. Fienup, “Complex Pupil Retrieval with Undersampled Data,” J.Opt.Soc. Am. A 26, 2503-2511 (2009). [PDF, 440 kB]

S.T. Thurman and J.R. Fienup, “Phase Retrieval with Signal Bias,” J. Opt. Soc. Am A 26, 1008-1014 (2009). [PDF, 253 kB]

S.T. Thurman, R.T. DeRosa, and J.R. Fienup, “Amplitude metrics for field retrieval with hard-edged and uniformly illuminated apertures,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 26, 700-709 (2009). [PDF, 1.3 MB]

S.T. Thurman and J.R. Fienup, “Wiener reconstruction of undersampled imagery,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 26, 283-288 (2009). [PDF, 348 kB]

S.T. Thurman and J.R. Fienup, “Wiener filtering of aliased imagery,” in Image Reconstruction from Incomplete Data V, Proc. SPIE 7076-9 (San Diego, CA, August 2008), pp. 70760J-1-11. [PDF, 360 kB]

S.T. Thurman and J.R. Fienup, “Analysis of the General Image Quality Equation” in Visual Information Processing XVII, Proc SPIE 6978-14, April 2008, Orlando, Fla. [PDF, 652 kB]

S. T. Thurman and J. R. Fienup, “Fizeau Fourier transform imaging spectroscopy: missing data reconstruction,” Opt. Express 16, 6631-6645 (2008).
https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.16.006631

S. T. Thurman and J. R. Fienup, “Phase-error correction in digital holography,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 25, 983-994 (2008). [PDF, 2 MB]

S. T. Thurman and J. R. Fienup, “Correction of anisoplanatic phase errors in digital holography,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 25, 995-999 (2008). [PDF, 620 kB]

S.T. Thurman and J.R. Fienup, “Signal-to-Noise Ratio Tradeoffs Associated with Coarsely Sampled Fourier Transform Spectroscopy,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 24, 2817-2821 (2007). [PDF, 276 kB]

S.T. Thurman and J.R. Fienup, “Noise Histogram Regularization for Iterative Image Reconstruction Algorithms,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 24, 608-617 (2007). [PDF, 1.1 MB]

S.T. Thurman and J.R. Fienup, “Dealiased spectral images from aliased Fizeau Fourier transform spectroscopy measurements,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 24, 68-73 (2007). [PDF, 852 kB]

S.T. Thurman and J.R. Fienup, “Image Registration for Fizeau Fourier Transform Imaging Spectroscopy,” in Algorithms and Technologies for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery XII, ed. S.S. Shen and P.E. Lewis, Proc. SPIE 6233 (2006). [PDF, 512 kB]

S.T. Thurman and J.R. Fienup, “Dealiased Spectral Images from Aliased Fizeau Fourier Transform Imaging Spectroscopy Measurements,” in Frontiers in Optics 2005 / Laser Science XXI (Optical Society of America, Washington, DC, 2005), paper FTuM2. [PDF, 180 kB]

S. T. Thurman and J. R. Fienup, “Multi-aperture Fourier transform imaging spectroscopy: theory and imaging properties,” Opt. Express 13, 2160-2175 (2005), https://doi.org/10.1364/OPEX.13.002160

S.T. Thurman and J.R. Fienup, “Reconstruction of Multispectral Image Cubes from Multiple-Telescope Array Fourier Transform Imaging Spectrometer,” Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Optical Society of America (Frontiers in Optics), October 2004, paper FTuB3. [PDF, 20 kB]

S.T. Thurman and J.R. Fienup, “Fourier Transform Imaging Spectroscopy with a Multiple-Aperture Telescope: Band-by-Band Image Reconstruction,” Proc. SPIE 5487-68 Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Space Telescopes (June 2004), Glasgow, Scotland. [PDF, 164 kB]

S.T. Thurman, J.R. Fienup, and R.L. Kendrick, “Imaging Fourier Transform Spectroscopy with Multi-Aperture Telescopes,” Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Optical Society of America (Frontiers in Optics) 2003, paper ThJ6. [PDF, 36 kB]

S. T. Thurman and G. M. Morris, “Controlling the spectral response in guided-mode resonance filter design,” Appl. Opt. 42, 3225-3233 (2003). [PDF, 620 kB]

D. J. Cho, S. T. Thurman, J. T. Donner, and G. M. Morris, “Characteristics of a 128×128 liquid-crystal spatial light modulator for wavefront generation,” Opt. Lett. 23, 969-971 (1998). [PDF, 460 kB]

Publications by Matt Bolcar

M.R. Bolcar and J.R. Fienup, “Sub-aperture piston phase diversity for segmented and multi-aperture systems,” Appl. Opt. 48, A5-A12 (2009). [PDF, 2.3 MB]

M.R. Bolcar and J.R. Fienup, “Method of Phase Diversity in Multi-Aperture Systems Utilizing Individual Sub-Aperture Control,” in Unconventional Imaging, Proc. SPIE 5896-14 (August 2005), pp. 126-133. [PDF, 228 kB]

M.R. Bolcar and J.R. Fienup, “Phase Diversity with Broadband Illumination,” Signal Recovery and Synthesis 2007, topical meeting of the Optical Society of America, Vancouver, BC, Canada, June 18-20, 2007, paper JTuA6. [PDF, 80 kB]

Publications by Greg Brady

G.R. Brady and J.R. Fienup, “Measurement Range of Phase Retrieval in Optical Surface and Wavefront Metrology,” Appl. Opt. 48, 442-449 (2009). [PDF, 600 kB]

G.R. Brady, M. Guizar-Sicairos and J.R. Fienup, “Optical Wavefront Measurement using Phase Retrieval with Transverse Translation Diversity,” Opt. Express 17, 624-639 (2009). [PDF, 708 kB]

G.R. Brady and J.R. Fienup, “Effect of Broadband Illumination on Reconstruction Error of Phase Retrieval in Optical Metrology,” in Modeling Aspects in Optical Metrology, eds. H. Bosse, B. Bodermann, and R.M. Silver, Proc. SPIE 6617, (June 18, 2007, Munich Germany), 66170I-1-8. [PDF, 388 kB]

G.R. Brady and J.R. Fienup, “Nonlinear optimization algorithm for retrieving the full complex pupil function,” Opt. Express 14, 474-486 (2006). [PDF, 828 kB] https://doi.org/10.1364/OPEX.14.000474

G.R. Brady and J.R. Fienup, “Measurement of an Optical Surface using Phase Retrieval,” , 2006 Topical Meeting on Optical Fabrication and Testing (Optical Society of America, Washington, DC, 2006), paper OFWA5. [PDF, 264 kB]

G.R. Brady and J.R. Fienup, “Range of Phase Retrieval in Optical Metrology,” in Frontiers in Optics 2005 / Laser Science XXI (Optical Society of America, Washington, DC, 2005), paper FTuS3. [PDF, 64 kB]

G.R. Brady and J.R. Fienup, “Application of Phase Retrieval to Precision Optical Metrology,” in Precision Interferometric Metrology, 2005 Summer Topical Meeting of the American Society for Precision Engineering, 20-22 July 2005, Middletown, CT.

G.R. Brady and J.R. Fienup, “Retrieval of Complex Field Using Nonlinear Optimization,” Topical Meeting of the Optical Society of America (June 2005), paper JTuC3 (post-deadline paper). [PDF, 552 kB]

G.R. Brady and J.R. Fienup, “Improved Optical Metrology using Phase Retrieval,” 2004 Optical Fabrication & Testing Topical Meeting, Optical Society of America, Rochester, NY, October 2004, paper OTuB3. [PDF, 160 kB]

The following additional publications by Jim Fienup can be downloaded

(For a complete list, click on Professor Fienup.)

“Phase Retrieval Algorithms: A Comparison,” J.R. Fienup, Applied Optics 21, 2758-2769 (1 August 1982). [PDF, 1.8 MB] has received over 6,000 citations (Google Scholar) and is the most highly cited paper (out of over 55,000) in the journal Applied Optics.

J.R. Fienup, “Direct-detection Synthetic-aperture Coherent Imaging by Phase Retrieval,” Opt. Eng. 56, (2017) OE 56.113111 (13 pp). [PDF 3.9 MB]

J.R. Fienup, “Phase Retrieval Algorithms: a Personal Tour [Invited],” Appl. Opt. 52, 45-56 (2013) (Invited Paper). [PDF, 585 KB]

“Lensless coherent imaging by phase retrieval with an illumination pattern constraint,” J.R. Fienup, Opt. Express 14, 4498-508 (2006). [PDF, 1.2 MB]
https://doi.org/10.1364/OPEX.14.000498

“Lensless Coherent Imaging with Shaped Illumination and Phase-Retrieval Image Reconstruction,” J.R. Fienup, in “Computational Optical Sensing and Imaging” Topical Meeting of the Optical Society of America (June 2005), paper JMA1 (invited paper). [PDF, 512 kB]

“Multiple Instrument Distributed Aperture Sensor (MIDAS) for Remote Sensing”, Joseph T. Pitman, Alan Duncan, David Stubbs, Robert D. Sigler, Richard L. Kendrick, Eric H. Smith, James E. Mason, Gregory Delory, Jere H. Lipps, Michael Manga, James R. Graham, Imke de Pater, Sarah Reiboldt, Edward Bierhaus, James B. Dalton, James R. Fienup, Jeffrey W. Yu, in Proc. SPIE 5570, Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites VIII, R. Meynart, S.P. Neeck, H. Simoda, Eds.; 2004. pp. 218-227. [PDF, 1.9 MB]

“Aberration Correction by Maximizing Generalized Sharpness Metrics,” J. R. Fienup and J. J. Miller, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 20 (April 2003). [PDF, 1.5 MB]

“Comparison of Reconstruction Algorithms for Images from Sparse-Aperature Systems,” J. R. Fienup, D. Griffith, L Harrington, A. M. Kowalczyk, J. J. Miller, and J. A. Mooney, Proc. SPIE 4792-01 (July 2002). [PDF, 1.0 MB]

“Detecting Moving Targets in SAR Imagery by Focusing,” J. R. Fienup, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems 37 (July 2001). [PDF, 1.4 MB]

“MTF and Integration Time versus Fill Factor for Sparse-Aperature Imaging Systems,” J. R. Fienup, in Imaging Technology and Telescopes, Proc. SPIE 4091A-06 (July 2000). [PDF, 153 kB]

“Phase Error Correction for Synthetic-Aperture Phased-Array Imaging Systems,” J.R. Fienup, Proc. SPIE 4123-06, Image Reconstruction from Incomplete Data, San Diego, CA, 31 July 2000, pp. 47-55. [PDF, 460 kB]

“Synthetic-Aperture Radar Autofocus by Maximizing Sharpness,” J.R. Fienup, Optics Lett. 25, 221-223 (15 February 2000). [PDF, 534 kB]

“Phase Retrieval for Undersampled Broadband Images,” J.R. Fienup, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, 16, 1831-1839 (July 1999). [PDF, 400 kB]

“3-D Imaging Correlography and Coherent Image Reconstruction,” J.R. Fienup, R.G. Paxman, M.F. Reiley, and B.J. Thelen, in Proc. SPIE 3815-07, Digital Image Recovery and Synthesis IV, July 1999, Denver, CO., pp. 60-69. [PDF, 128 kB]

“Comparison of Phase Diversity and Curvature Wavefront Sensing,” J.R. Fienup, B.J. Thelen, R.G. Paxman, and D.A. Carrara, Proc. SPIE 3353-42, Adaptive Optical Systems Technologies, Kona, Hawaii, 20-28 March 1998. [PDF, 3.0 MB]

“Invariant Error Metrics for Image Reconstruction,” J.R. Fienup, Appl. Opt. 36, 8352-8357 (10 November 1997). [PDF, 236 kB]

“3-D Locator Sets for Opaque Objects for Phase Retrieval,” J.R. Fienup, B.J. Thelen, M.F. Reiley, and R.G. Paxman, Proc. SPIE 3170-10, Image Reconstruction and Restoration II, T.J. Schulz, Chair (July 1997), pp. 88-96. [PDF, 1.2 MB]

“3-D Reconstruction of Opaque Objects from Fourier Intensity Data,” M.F. Reiley, R.G. Paxman J.R. Fienup, K.W. Gleichman, and J.M. Marron, Proc. SPIE 3170-09, Image Reconstruction and Restoration II, (July 1997), pp. 76-87. [PDF, 1.8 MB]

“Application of Superresolution Algorithm to Optical Coherent Imaging,” J.R. Fienup, M.R. Kosek, and H.C. Stankwitz, in Proc. SPIE 2827-08 Digital Image Recovery and Synthesis III (August 1996) (invited paper), pp. 80-87. [PDF, 744 kB]

“Detecting Moving Targets in SAR Imagery by Using a Phase-Error Correction Algorithm,” J.R. Fienup and A.M. Kowalczyk, in Proc. SPIE 2487-30, Algorithms for Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery II (April 1995), pp. 337-343. [PDF 564 kB]

“Non-linear Apodization for Sidelobe Control in SAR Imagery,” H.C. Stankwitz, R.J. Dallaire, and J.R. Fienup, IEEE Trans. AES 31, 267-278 (January 1995). [PDF, 1.0 MB]


“A Model Based Approach to Improve the Performance of the Geometric Filtering Speckle Reduction Algorithm,” L.J. Busse, T.R. Crimmins, and J.R. Fienup, Proc. 1995 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, pp. 1353-1356 (1995). [PDF, 308 kB]

“Use of an Opacity Constraint in Three-Dimensional Imaging,” R.G. Paxman, J.H. Seldin, J.R. Fienup, and J.C. Marron, in Proc. SPIE 2241-14, Inverse Optics III (April 1994), pp. 116-126. [PDF, 78 kB]

“Phasing Sparse Arrays of Heterodyne Receivers,” J.R. Fienup, A.M. Kowalczyk and J.E. Van Buhler, in Proc. SPIE 2241-15, Inverse Optics III (April 1994), pp. 127-131. [PDF, 704 kB]

“Gradient-Search Phase-Retrieval Algorithm for Inverse Synthetic-Aperture Radar,” J.R. Fienup, Optical Engineering 33, 3237-3242 (1994). [PDF, 308 kB]

“Diagnosing the Aberrations of the Hubble Space Telescope,” J.R. Fienup, in J.C. Dainty, ed., Current Trends in Optics (Academic Press, London, 1994), Ch. 20, pp. 279-287. [PDF, 2 MB]

“Hubble Space Telescope Characterized by Using Phase Retrieval Algorithms,” J.R. Fienup, J.C. Marron, T.J. Schulz and J.H. Seldin, Appl. Opt. 32, 1747-1767 (1 April 1993). [PDF, 3.1 MB]

“Phase-Retrieval Algorithms for a Complicated Optical System,” J.R. Fienup, Appl. Opt. 32, 1737-1746 (1 April 1993). [PDF, 1.1 MB]

“Joint Estimation of Object and Aberrations Using Phase Diversity,” R.G. Paxman, T.J. Schulz and J.R. Fienup, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 7, 1072-85 (1992). [PDF, 1.5 MB]

“Changes in the Spectrum of Light Arising on Propagation through a Linear Time-Invariant System,” E. Wolf and J.R. Fienup, Opt. Commun. 82, 209-212 (15 April 1991). [PDF, 241 kB]

“Digital Shearing Laser Interferometry for Heterodyne Array Phasing,” J.R. Fienup, J.N. Cederquist, J.C. Marron, T.J. Schulz and J.H. Seldin, in Proc. SPIE 1416-43, Laser Radar VI (January 1991). [PDF, 561 kB]

“Two-dimensional Imaging of Moving Targets in SAR Data,” S.A. Werness, M.A. Stuff, J. R. Fienup and W.G. Carrara, 24th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, MP5, 5-7 November 1990, pp. 16-22. [PDF, 1.9 MB]

“Image Reconstruction Using the Phase Variance Algorithm,” J.R. Fienup, in Proc. SPIE 1351, Digital Image Synthesis and Inverse Optics (July 1990), pp. 652-660. [PDF, 475 kB]

“Phase Retrieval for a Complex-Valued Object by Using a Low-Resolution Image,” J.R. Fienup and A.M. Kowalczyk, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 7, 450-458 (March 1990). [PDF, 1.2 MB]

“Iterative Blind Deconvolution Algorithm Applied to Phase Retrieval,” J.H. Seldin and J.R. Fienup, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 7, 428-433 (March 1990). [PDF, 1.0 MB]

“Numerical Investigation of the Uniqueness of Phase Retrieval,” J.H. Seldin and J.R. Fienup, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 7, 412-427 (March 1990). [PDF, 2.2 MB]

“Improved Bounds on Object Support from Autocorrelation Support and Application to Phase Retrieval,” T.R. Crimmins, J.R. Fienup and B.J. Thelen, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 7, 3-13 (January 1990). [PDF, 1.6 MB]

“Wavefront Phase Estimation from Fourier Intensity Measurements,” J.N. Cederquist, J.R. Fienup, C.C. Wackerman, S.R. Robinson, and D. Kryskowski, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 6 1020-1026 (July 1989). [PDF, 834 kB]

“Phase Error Correction by Shear Averaging,” J.R. Fienup, in Signal Recovery and Synthesis III, digest of papers (O.S.A., 1989), (invited paper) 14-16 June 1989, N. Falmouth, MA, pp. 134-137. [PDF, 232 kB]

“Imaging Correlography with Sparse Arrays of Detectors,” J.R. Fienup and P.S. Idell, Optical Engineering, 27, 778-784 (September 1988). [PDF, 12.2 MB]

“Phase Retrieval from Experimental Far-Field Speckle Data,” J.N. Cederquist, J.R. Fienup, J.C. Marron, and R.G. Paxman, Optics Lett. 13, 619-621 (August 1988). [PDF, 378 kB]

“Optical Misalignment Sensing and Image Reconstruction Using Phase Diversity,” R.G. Paxman and J.R. Fienup, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 5, 914923 (June 1988). [PDF, 1.2 MB]

“Image Synthesis from Nonimaged Laser Speckle Patterns,” P.S. Idell, J.R. Fienup and R.S. Goodman, Opt. Lett. 12, 858-860 (November 1987). [PDF, 779 kB]

“Analytic Design of Optimum Holographic Optical Elements,” J.N. Cederquist and J.R. Fienup, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 4, 699-705 (April 1987). [PDF, 681 kB]

“Reconstruction of a Complex-Valued Object from the Modulus of Its Fourier Transform Using a Support Constraint,” J.R. Fienup, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 4, 118-124 (January 1987). [PDF, 1.1 MB]

“Phase Retrieval and Image Reconstruction for Astronomy,” J.C. Dainty and J.R. Fienup, Chapter 7 in H. Stark, ed., Image Recovery: Theory and Application (Academic Press, 1987) pp. 231-275. [PDF, 1.9 MB]

“Phase-Retrieval Stagnation Problems and Solutions,” J.R. Fienup and C.C. Wackerman, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 3, 1897-1907 (Nov. 1986). [PDF, 2.3 MB]

“Phase Retrieval Using Boundary Conditions,” J.R. Fienup, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 3, 284-288 (February 1986). [PDF, 647 kB]

“Cramer-Rao Lower Bound on Wavefront Sensor Errors,” J.N. Cederquist, S.R. Robinson, D. Kryskowski, J.R. Fienup and C.C. Wackerman, Optical Engineering 25, 586-592 (April 1986). [PDF, 3.1 MB]

“Reconstruction of Objects Having Latent Reference Points,” J.R. Fienup, J. Opt. Soc. Am. 73, 1421-1426 (Nov. 1983). [PDF, 796 kB]

“Comments on ‘The Reconstruction of a Multidimensional Sequence from the Phase or Magnitude of Its Fourier Transform,'” J.R. Fienup, IEEE Trans. Acoust., Speech, Signal Processing ASSP-31, 738-739 (June 1983). [PDF, 260 kB]

“Uniqueness of Phase Retrieval for Functions with Sufficiently Disconnected Support,” T.R. Crimmins and J.R. Fienup, J. Opt. Soc. Am. 73, 218-221 (Feb. 1983). [PDF, 364 kB]

“Optimum Holographic Elements Recorded with Nonspherical Wavefronts,” K.A. Winick and J.R. Fienup, J. Opt. Soc. Am. 73, 208-217 (Feb. 1983). [PDF, 1.3 MB]

“Phase Retrieval Algorithms: A Comparison,” J.R. Fienup, Applied Optics 21, 2758-2769 (1 August 1982). [PDF, 1.6 MB]

“Reconstruction of the Support of an Object from the Support of Its Autocorrelation,” J.R. Fienup, T.R. Crimmins, and W. Holsztynski, J. Opt. Soc. Am. 72, 610-624 (May 1982). [PDF, 1.4 MB]

“Computer-Originated Aspheric Holographic Optical Elements,” R.C. Fairchild and J.R. Fienup, Optical Engineering 21, 133-140 (Jan.-Feb. 1982). [PDF, 3.5 MB]

“Ambiguity of Phase Retrieval for Functions with Disconnected Support,” T.R. Crimmins and J.R. Fienup, J. Opt. Soc. Am. 71, 1026-1028 (August 1981). [PDF, 1.5 MB]

“Astronomical Imaging by Processing Stellar Speckle Interferometry Data,” J.R. Fienup and G.B. Feldkamp, in Proc. SPIE 243, Applications of Speckle Phenomena (July 1980), pp. 95-102. [PDF, 1.7 MB]

“Iterative Method Applied to Image Reconstruction and to Computer Generated Holograms,” J.R. Fienup, Optical Engineering 19, 297-305 (May-June 1980). [PDF, 776 kB]

“Space Object Imaging Through the Turbulent Atmosphere,” J.R. Fienup, Optical Engineering 18, 529-534 (Sept.-Oct. 1979). [PDF, 1.9 MB]

“Optical Residue Arithmetic Computer with Programmable Computation Modules,” A. Tai, I. Cindrich, J.R. Fienup, and C.C. Aleksoff, Applied Optics 18, 2812-2823 (15 August 1979). [PDF, 1.1 MB]

“Holographic Optics for a Matched-Filter Optical Processor,” J.R. Fienup and C.D. Leonard, Applied Optics 18, 631-640 (1 March 1979). [PDF, 1.6 MB]

“Reconstruction of an Object from the Modulus of Its Fourier Transform,” J.R. Fienup, Optics Lett. 3, 27-29 (July 1978). [PDF, 466 kB]

“New Ways to Make Computer-Generated Color Holograms,” J.R. Fienup and J.W. Goodman, Nouvelle Revue d’Optique (J. Optics, Paris) 5, 269-275 (Sept.-Oct. 1974). [PDF, 1 MB]

“Multiemulsion On-Axis Computer Generated Hologram,” D.C. Chu, J.R. Fienup, and J.W. Goodman, Applied Optics 12, 1386-1388 (July 1973). [PDF, 1 MB]

“A Scanning Acoustic Microscope,” B.A. Auld, P. Asboe-Hansen, J.R. Fienup , C.G. Roberts, and D.C. Webb, IEEE Trans. Sonics and Ultrasonics T-SU-72, 411 (July 1972) (2C10). [PDF, 160 kB]