PHASE RETRIEVAL OF TIME-LIMITED SIGNALS

The problem of reconstructing a signal ψ(x) from its magnitude |ψ(x)| is of considerable interest to engineers and physicists.This article concerns the problem of determining a time-limited signal f with period 2π when |f(eix)| is known for x ∈ [-π,π].It is shown that the conditions |g(eix)| = |f(eix)| and |g(ei(x+b))-g(eix)| = |f(ei(x+b))-f(eix)|,b = 2π,together imply that either g = wf or g = vf,where both w and v have period b.Furthermore,if 2bπ is irrational then the functions w and v reduce to some constants c1 and c2,respectively;if 2bπ is rational then w takes the form w=eiαB1(eix)B2(eix) and v takes the form ei(x2πN/b+α)B1(eix)B2(eix),where B1 and B2 are Blaschke products.