Tutorial on Computational Optical Imaging University of Minnesota September David J. Brady Duke University
Lectures 1.Computational Imaging 2.Geometric Optics and Tomography 3.Fresnel Diffraction 4.Holography 5.Lenses, Imaging and MTF 6.Wavefront Coding 7.Interferometry and the van Cittert Zernike Theorem 8.Optical coherence tomography and modal analysis 9.Spectra, coherence and polarization 10.Computational spectroscopy and imaging
Lecture 5. Lenses, Imaging and MTF Outline Thin lens transmittance and thin lens systems Image formation The coherent transfer function The optical transfer function MTF
Focal Imaging
Impulse response characterization
Case 1: z1=z2=F
Case 2:
Circular Aperture
Imaging Transformation
Coherent Transfer Function
Sketch of the Coherent Transfer Function
Why do we measure the field in radar but the intensity in optics?
Coherence Functions of the Field
Space-time structure of coherence functions
Cross Spectral Density
Power Spectra
Spatially Incoherent Fields
Imaging Incoherent Fields
Incoherent Impulse Response
Circular Aperture
Optical Transfer Function
Interesting Mathematical Issues How would/could one change the pupil function to optimize for computational imaging?