Phase mask selection in wavefront coding systems: an adaptive approach

A method for optimizing the strength of a parametric phase mask for a wavefront coding imaging system is presented. The method is based on an optimization process that minimizes a proposed merit function. The goal is to achieve modulation transfer function invariance while quantitatively maintaining...

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Bibliographic Details
Authors: Carles, Guillem, Carnicer González, Arturo, Bosch i Puig, Salvador
Format: article
Status:Versión aceptada para publicación
Publication Date:2010
Country:España
Institution:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repository:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/44046
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/44046
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Òptica
Sistemes d'imatges
Processament digital d'imatges
Acromatisme
Optics
Imaging systems
Digital image processing
Achromatism
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Summary:A method for optimizing the strength of a parametric phase mask for a wavefront coding imaging system is presented. The method is based on an optimization process that minimizes a proposed merit function. The goal is to achieve modulation transfer function invariance while quantitatively maintaining nal image delity. A parametric lter that copes with the noise present in the captured images is used to obtain the nal images, and this lter is optimized. The whole process results in optimum phase mask strength and optimal parameters for the restoration lter. The results for a particular optical system are presented and tested experimentally in the labo- ratory. The experimental results show good agreement with the simulations, indicating that the procedure is useful.