Sentinel-1 IWS acquisitions can be used for SAR interferometry. In our contribution the focus is on the S1 IWS InSAR coherence. For this we address in a first part the interferogram generation and coherence estimation. Then in a second part we use data examples to get a first impression on the potential of the S1 IWS InSAR coherence for landuse classification and to monitor temporal change

We report a spatial heterodyne Fourier-transform spectrometer implemented with an array of optical fiber interferometers. This configuration generates a wavelength-dependent stationary interferogram from which the input spectrum is retrieved in a single shot without scanning elements. Furthermore, fabrication and experimental deviations from the ideal behavior of the device are corrected by spe...

A simple grating lateral shear interferometer is described that can be made to give simultaneously two interferograms having shear in two orthogonal directions. The shear for the two orthogonal directions is produced in one plane by one double frequency crossed diffraction grating that can easily be produced holographically. Translating the grating sideways causes the irradiance of the interfer...

We propose the use of the Von Mises distribution for circular data to model interferometric phase images. Based on the kappa parameter of the Von Mises distribution a locally adaptive phase filter is developed. A two-sided confidence interval on the kappa values is constructed, and only phase measurements where kappa values fall inside this interval are input to the filter We additionally put m...

Temperate glaciers are an indicator of the local effects of global climate change. For economical and security reasons in the surrounding areas, the monitoring of those geophysical objects is being a necessity. SAR data are expected to provide dense measurements of physical parameters which are necessary to detect significant changes and to constrain glacier flow models. In this paper, five des...

We propose a method for the complete characterization of attosecond duration electromagnetic pulses produced by high harmonic generation in an atomic gas. Our method is based on self-referencing spectral interferometry of two spectrally sheared extreme ultraviolet pulses, which is achieved by pumping the harmonic source with two sheared optical driving pulses. The resulting interferogram contai...

A new signal-processing technique is proposed that involves a phase-resolved correlation method that one can use to determine the phase distribution of low-coherence interferograms. This method improves the sensitivity and resolution of low-coherence interferometers. The depth structure of an aluminum oxide-coated aluminum mirror was determined by use of a low-coherence interferometer with this...

Synopsis: The interference of attosecond electron wavepackets, created by high harmonic and femtosecond laser pulses, is measured. The first electron wavepacket is generated by direct ionization of He, and the second one by the two step process of resonant excitation by the attosecond high harmonic pulse and subsequent ionization by the laser pulse. The amplitude and phase retrieved from the in...

The structured illumination of samples is known as one of the techniques for sub diffraction optical microscopy [1-3]. A spatial resolution beyond the optical diffraction limit is achievable by using nano light spots for scanning of the sample. We apply the structured illumination for digital inline holographic microscopy [4-6]. The structured illumination patterns are superposed by that of the...

The German TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X satellites are able to acquire images operationally in ScanSAR and WideScanSAR modes and experimentally in TOPS mode. This paper gives an overview of the interferometric processing steps of burst-mode acquisitions, emphasizing the importance of the co-registration stage. A coregistration approach based on incoherent cross-correlation is presented. Interferomet...