Modulation Transfer Function Measurement of an Infrared Focal Plane Array by Use of the Self-Imaging Property of a Canted Periodic Target
Applied Optics, Vol. 38, Issue 4, pp. 631-637 (1999)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.38.000631
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Abstract
We present a new technique for measuring the modulation transfer function (MTF) of a focal plane array (FPA). The main idea is to project a periodic pattern of thin lines that are canted with respect to the sensor’s columns. Practically, one aims the projection by using the self-imaging property of a periodic target. The technique, called the canted periodic target test, has been validated experimentally on a specific infrared FPA, leading to MTF evaluation to as great as five times the Nyquist frequency.
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OCIS Codes
(100.2550) Image processing : Focal-plane-array image processors
(110.3080) Imaging systems : Infrared imaging
(110.4100) Imaging systems : Modulation transfer function
(110.6760) Imaging systems : Talbot and self-imaging effects
Citation
Nicolas Guérineau, Jérôme Primot, Michel Tauvy, and Marcel Caes, "Modulation Transfer Function Measurement of an Infrared Focal Plane Array by Use of the Self-Imaging Property of a Canted Periodic Target," Appl. Opt. 38, 631-637 (1999)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-38-4-631
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