New Paradigm for Imaging Systems
Applied Optics, Vol. 41, Issue 29, pp. 6080-6092 (2002)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.41.006080
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Abstract
We describe a new paradigm for designing hybrid imaging systems. These imaging systems use optics with a special aspheric surface to code the image so that the point-spread function or the modulation transfer function has specified characteristics. Signal processing then decodes the detected image. The coding can be done so that the depth of focus can be extended. This allows the manufacturing tolerance to be reduced, focus-related aberrations to be controlled, and imaging systems to be constructed with only one optical element plus some signal processing.
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OCIS Codes
(080.3620) Geometric optics : Lens system design
(110.0110) Imaging systems : Imaging systems
(110.0180) Imaging systems : Microscopy
(110.2990) Imaging systems : Image formation theory
(110.4850) Imaging systems : Optical transfer functions
(180.0180) Microscopy : Microscopy
Citation
W. Thomas Cathey and Edward R. Dowski, "New Paradigm for Imaging Systems," Appl. Opt. 41, 6080-6092 (2002)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-41-29-6080
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