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Here the role and influence of aberrations in optical imaging systems employing partially coherent complex scalar fields is studied. Imaging systems require aberrations to yield contrast in the output image. For linear shift-invariant…
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In this white paper, we summarize for the benefit of the wider research community on wireless communications, the two key results that we shared with the attendees of the 2026 IEEE Communication Theory Workshop in Azores, Portugal, about…