Abstract

The phase-retrieval problem consists of the reconstruction of an object from the modulus of its Fourier transform or, equivalently, from its autocorrelation. This paper describes a number of results relating to the reconstruction of the support of an object from the support of its autocorrelation. Methods for reconstructing the object’s support are given for objects whose support is convex and for certain objects consisting of collections of distinct points. The uniqueness of solutions is discussed. In addition, for the objects consisting of collections of points, a simple method is shown for completely reconstructing the object functions.

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