Fidelity optimization for aberration-tolerant hybrid imaging systems

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 9220-9228

  Vettenburg, Tom ^a   Bustin, Nicholas ^b   Harvey, Andrew R ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Qioptiq Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; OPTIMIZATION; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ABERRATION VARIANCE; ANTI-SYMMETRIC; CUBIC POLYNOMIALS; FIDELITY OPTIMIZATION; HYBRID IMAGING SYSTEMS; JOINT DESIGNS; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; OPTIMAL IMAGING; RESTORABILITY; SYMMETRIC PHASE;

MODULATION;

EID: 77952020870     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.009220     Document Type: Article

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