Multiplex imaging with multiple-pinhole cameras

Abstract

When making photographs in x rays or γ rays with a multiple-pinhole camera, the individual images of an extended object such as the sun may be allowed to overlap; then the situation is in many ways analogous to that in a multiplexing device such as a Fourier spectroscope. Some advantages and problems arising with such use of the camera are discussed, and expressions are derived to describe the relative efficacy of three exposure/postprocessing schemes using multiple-pinhole cameras.