Using diffractograms to evaluate optical systems with coherent illumination
Optics Letters, Vol. 28, Issue 23, pp. 2318-2320 (2003)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.28.002318
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Abstract
A new approach to measuring aberrations of an optical system with coherent illumination is introduced. The optical system is evaluated by use of a so-called weak phase object and by digital image recording and processing. Based on the contrast transfer function theory for coherent systems, the main aberrations of the optical system can be determined. This is a convenient approach to evaluating and measuring complex optical systems with numerous optical elements after assembly and can serve as a simple performance test of an optical instrument in the field.
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OCIS Codes
(070.2580) Fourier optics and signal processing : Paraxial wave optics
(080.1010) Geometric optics : Aberrations (global)
(100.2000) Image processing : Digital image processing
(110.1650) Imaging systems : Coherence imaging
(110.4100) Imaging systems : Modulation transfer function
(110.4850) Imaging systems : Optical transfer functions
Citation
E. Voelkl, "Using diffractograms to evaluate optical systems with coherent illumination," Opt. Lett. 28, 2318-2320 (2003)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-28-23-2318
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