Analytical optimal solution of the extension of the depth of field using cubic-phase wavefront coding. Part I. Reduced-complexity approximate representation of the modulation transfer function

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1051-1063

  Bagheri, Saeed ^a,c   Silveira, Paulo E X ^b   De Farias, Daniela Pucci ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CDM Optics Inc   (United States)

^c IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODULATION; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES;

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; CIRCULAR APERTURES; COMPUTATIONAL TIME; CUBIC PHASE MASKS; DEPTH OF FIELDS; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; PHASE WAVEFRONTS; PUPIL FUNCTIONS; REDUCED COMPLEXITY;

TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

EID: 62249183151     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.25.001051     Document Type: Article

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