Analysis of the amplitude – phase parameters of time-dependent optical signals and transfer functions

The possibilities of obtaining information on the time dependence of the amplitude and phase of an optical signal by the spectral modulation method are analysed. Three variants of the signal analysis are considered: a direct analysis of the signal whose parameters are changing in time; studies of the time-dependent optical characteristics of an object or a medium under study by probing them with radiation of the known structure; and measurements of the parameters of radiation propagated through the object and simultaneous determination and analysis of time-dependent structures of the signal and transfer function describing the effect of the transfer medium, the object, or an optical system on the propagated signal.