Color coding has been experimentally demonstrated to be able to extend the depth of field (DoF) of an imaging system in single snapshot. A numerical model is adopted in this paper to quantitatively characterize its im...
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Color coding has been experimentally demonstrated to be able to extend the depth of field (DoF) of an imaging system in single snapshot. A numerical model is adopted in this paper to quantitatively characterize its imaging properties (strehl ratio, point spread function and modulation transfer function). To improve the system's performance under nonuniform spectrum, we proposed to introduce wavefront coding into the system. Numerical results show that wavefront coding acts as an average filter of the spectrum, so that it is able to get an almost invariant MTF across the focal line even under nonuniform spectrum, which is desirable in many applications.
In modern high-NA optical scanning instruments, like scanning microscopes, the refractive-index mismatch between the sample and the immersion medium introduces a significant amount of spherical aberration when imaging...
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In modern high-NA optical scanning instruments, like scanning microscopes, the refractive-index mismatch between the sample and the immersion medium introduces a significant amount of spherical aberration when imaging deep inside the specimen, spreading out the impulse response. Since such aberration depends on the focalization depth, it is not possible to achieve a static global compensation for the whole 3D sample in scanning microscopy. Therefore a depth-variant impulse response is generated. Consequently, the design of pupil elements that increase the tolerance to this aberration is of great interest. In this paper we report a hybrid technique that provides a focal spot that remains almost invariant in the depth-scanning processing of thick samples. This invariance allows the application of 3D deconvolution techniques to that provide an improved recovery of the specimen structure when imaging thick samples. (C) 2009 Optical Society of America
The point spread function (PSF) inconsistency caused by temperature variation leads to artifacts in decoded images of a wavefront coding infrared imaging system. Therefore, this paper proposes an analytical model for ...
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The point spread function (PSF) inconsistency caused by temperature variation leads to artifacts in decoded images of a wavefront coding infrared imaging system. Therefore, this paper proposes an analytical model for the effect of temperature variation on the PSF consistency. In the proposed model, a formula for the thermal deformation of an optical phase mask is derived. This formula indicates that a cubic optical phase mask (CPM) is still cubic after thermal deformation. A proposed equivalent cubic phase mask (E-CPM) is a virtual and room-temperature lens which characterizes the optical effect of temperature variation on the CPM. Additionally, a calculating method for PSF consistency after temperature variation is presented. Numerical simulation illustrates the validity of the proposed model and some significant conclusions are drawn. Given the form parameter, the PSF consistency achieved by a Ge-material CPM is better than the PSF consistency by a ZnSe-material CPM. The effect of the optical phase mask on PSF inconsistency is much slighter than that of the auxiliary lens group. A large form parameter of the CPM will introduce large defocus-insensitive aberrations, which improves the PSF consistency but degrades the room-temperature MTF. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
110 degrees C range athermalization is significant but difficult for designing infrared imaging systems. Our wavefront coding athermalized infrared imaging system adopts an optical phase mask with less manufacturing e...
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110 degrees C range athermalization is significant but difficult for designing infrared imaging systems. Our wavefront coding athermalized infrared imaging system adopts an optical phase mask with less manufacturing errors and a decoding method based on shrinkage function. The qualitative experiments prove that our wavefront coding athermalized infrared imaging system has three prominent merits: (1) working well over a temperature range of 110 degrees C;(2) extending the focal depth up to 15.2 times;(3) achieving a decoded image being approximate to its corresponding in-focus infrared image, with a mean structural similarity index (MSSIM) value greater than 0.85. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Owing to the thermal effect of optical components, it has been challenging for conventional infrared optical imaging system to work in a large temperature range. wavefront coding technique has been shown to greatly in...
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Owing to the thermal effect of optical components, it has been challenging for conventional infrared optical imaging system to work in a large temperature range. wavefront coding technique has been shown to greatly increase tolerance to manufacturing inaccuracies and various defocus, particularly thermal defocus. In this paper, we develop an entirely new infrared imaging modality in 3.7 similar to 4.8 mu m waveband, realized with a secondary imaging structure, a non-rotationally symmetric phase mask and a cooled infrared focal plane arrays. The proposed system offers the ability to overcome the temperature limitations of conventional infrared system as well as effectively eliminate the thermal aberration. Proof-of-concept results demonstrate significantly our athermalized optical system perform high-quality images in the operation temperature range of -40 degrees C to 70 degrees C.
wavefront coding (WFC) imaging systems can redistribute the energy of an interference laser spot on an image plane sensor by wavefront phase modulation and reduce the peak intensity, realizing laser protection while m...
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wavefront coding (WFC) imaging systems can redistribute the energy of an interference laser spot on an image plane sensor by wavefront phase modulation and reduce the peak intensity, realizing laser protection while maintaining imaging functionality by leveraging algorithmic post-processing. In this paper, a spiral axicon WFC imaging system is proposed, and the performance for laser protection is investigated by constructing a laser transmission model. An Airy disk on an image plane sensor is refactored into a symmetrical hollow ring by a spiral axicon phase mask, and the maximum intensity can be reduced to lower than 1% and single-pixel power to 1.2%. The spiral axicon phase mask exhibits strong robustness to the position of the interference laser source and can effectively reduce the risk of sensor damage for an almost arbitrary lase propagation distance. Moreover, we revealed that there is a sensor hazard distance for both conventional and WFC imaging systems where the maximum single-pixel power reaches a peak value under irradiation of a power-fixed laser source. Our findings can offer guidance for the anti-laser reinforcement design of photoelectric imaging systems, thereby enhancing the adaptability of imaging systems in a complex laser environment. The laser blinding-resistant imaging system has potential applications in security monitoring, autonomous driving, and intense-laser-pulse experiments.
Imaging characteristics of wavefront coding systems in the presence of spherical aberration are analyzed by using ray aberration approach. The analytical expressions for ray aberration, the boundary of ray map and the...
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Imaging characteristics of wavefront coding systems in the presence of spherical aberration are analyzed by using ray aberration approach. The analytical expressions for ray aberration, the boundary of ray map and the size of spot diagram of a wavefront coding system in the presence of defocus and spherical aberration are obtained by wave aberration theory. The effect of spherical aberration on imaging performance of wavefront coding systems with a cubic phase mask is presented by ray aberration and spot diagram. The results show that the wavefront coding systems have a high tolerance to spherical aberration through a given defocus range. (C) 2016 Published by Elsevier GmbH.
As an important issue in the field of computer vision, object detection has broad application prospects. Recent researches using convolutional neural networks (CNN) have shown the state-of-the-art results in the chall...
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As an important issue in the field of computer vision, object detection has broad application prospects. Recent researches using convolutional neural networks (CNN) have shown the state-of-the-art results in the challenge competition. Most of them focused on improving the precision under ideal imaging conditions. However, it is hard to ensure that the optical imaging system works in the focused state in practice. In this study, we examine the impact of defocus on detection accuracy. The results show that even the state-of-the-art network is sensitive to a different defocus situation. Thus we put forward wavefront coding (WFC) technique for improving the performance over a large range of depth of field (DOF). Simulation results indicate the improvement on average precision of detection results by applying WFC. In addition, we propose a novel WFC method for overcoming the defects of the traditional one. Then the optical imaging system is designed under the guidance of the proposed theory. Experiments are conducted to suggest that the detection accuracy rate can be enhanced considerably with WFC. (C) 2019 Published by Elsevier B.V.
We propose a resolution enhancement method for mobile small f-number compact imaging systems based on wavefront coding and superresolution image processing. wavefront coding increases the focus depth of an optical sys...
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We propose a resolution enhancement method for mobile small f-number compact imaging systems based on wavefront coding and superresolution image processing. wavefront coding increases the focus depth of an optical system and produces point spread functions (PSFs) with similar characteristics at different field and defocus positions. The designed target wavefront is realized as a combination of wavefront errors of each rotationally symmetric lens, without including an additional phase plate. Finally, using one deconvolution filter containing all the characteristics of the PSFs, we achieve high resolution, breaking the diffraction limit of small f-number and the resolution limit of the image sensor by super-resolution image processing. (c) 2008 Optical Society of America.
In conformal optics, the dynamic aberrations of conformal optical system (DACOS) are difficult to correct and would cause serious image degradation. In this work, we propose a method based on wavefront coding (WFC) te...
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In conformal optics, the dynamic aberrations of conformal optical system (DACOS) are difficult to correct and would cause serious image degradation. In this work, we propose a method based on wavefront coding (WFC) technology to suppress the DACOS. A conformal dome with highly significant dynamic aberrations (about +/- 8 lambda) is established and its aberration characteristics are investigated using Zernike aberration theory. A simple cubic phase mask (CPM) is inserted in its pupil plane to suppress residual dynamic aberrations after preliminary aberration correction. The simulation results show that, the utilization of WFC technology could not only suppress the DACOS efficiently, but also reduce physical imaging elements, which could in turn relax the alignment and fabrication tolerances. This work is of consequence in conformal optical systems design.
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