Image formation and optical transfer function in a course of Fourier optics

Maria Josefa Yzuel

doi:10.1117/12.388720

16 June 2000 Image formation and optical transfer function in a course of Fourier optics

Maria Josefa Yzuel

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Proceedings Volume 3831, Sixth International Conference on Education and Training in Optics and Photonics; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.388720
Event: Education and Training in Optics and Photonics (ETOP'99), 1999, Cancun, Mexico

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A discussion on the interest of the study of diffractional image formation theory in a course of Fourier Optics is carried out. We develop a general description of the partially coherent illumination case. Images of extended objects like the line and periodical structures are given for different values of the coherence parameter. The apparent transfer function is introduced as a quality criterium. For the incoherent illumination this parameter is compared with the optical transfer function.

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Maria Josefa Yzuel "Image formation and optical transfer function in a course of Fourier optics", Proc. SPIE 3831, Sixth International Conference on Education and Training in Optics and Photonics, (16 June 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.388720

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