Wavefront coding for athermalization of infrared imaging systems

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5612, Issue , 2004, Pages 227-235

  Muyo, Gonzalo ^a   Harvey, Andrew R ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Athermalization; Defocus; Depth of field; Noise amplification; Wavefront coding

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; DECODING; FOCUSING; IMAGE CODING; IMAGE RECORDING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LIGHT REFRACTION; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; WAVEFRONTS;

ATHERMALIZATION; DEFOCUS; DEPTH OF FIELD; NOISE AMPLIFICATION; WAVEFRONT CODING;

INFRARED IMAGING;

EID: 17644413550     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.579738     Document Type: Conference Paper

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