Infrared imaging with a wavefront-coded singlet lens

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 21118-21123

  Muyo, Gonzalo ^a   Singh, Amritpal ^b   Andersson, Mathias ^b   Huckridge, David ^c   Wood, Andrew ^d   Harvey, Andrew R ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SAAB AB   (Sweden)

^c QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

^d Qioptiq Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INFRARED IMAGING; LENSES; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; WAVEFRONTS;

DIFFRACTION LIMITED; WAVE-FRONT CODING;

THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

GLASS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFRARED RADIATION; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GLASS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFRARED RAYS; LENSES; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED;

EID: 70749106101     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.021118     Document Type: Article

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