Simple Strehl ratio based method for pupil phase mask''''s optimization in wavefront coding system

By applying the wavefront coding technique to an optical system, the depth of focus can be greatly increased. Several complicated methods have already been taken to optimize for the best pupil phase mask in ideal condition. Here a simple Strehl ratio based method with only the standard deviation method used to evaluate the Strehl ratio stability over the depth of focus is applied to optimize for the best coefficients of pupil phase mask in practical optical systems. Results of imaging simulations for optical systems with and without pupil phase mask are presented, and the sharpness of image is calculated for comparison. The optimized pupil phase mask shows good results in extending the depth of focus.     

Pupil design based on Fisher information optimization to extend field depth in practical optical system

<正>Wavefront coding(WFC) is used to extend the field depth of an incoherent optical system by employing a phase mask on the pupil.We uses a Fisher information(FI) metric based optimization method to design a phase mask by taking the modulation transfer function(MTF) of the practical optical system into consideration. This method can modulate the wavefront so that the point spread function and optical transfer function are insensitive to the object distance.The simulation results show that the optimized phase mask based on the proposed method can further improve the defocusing image quality while maintaining the focusing image quality.     

一种基于OTF稳定性的波前编码相位板优化方法

提出了一种简单的可用于光学系统中子午弧矢方向白光OTF稳定性评价的波前编码相位板参量优化方法.该方法仅以标准偏差来评价OTF在目标景深范围内的稳定性,并且结合自适应模拟退火算法在参量空间内优化得到相位板的最佳参量.使用该方法优化得到的相位板参量,可以大幅度提高光学系统的景深,并且可以获得更为清晰、稳定的成像.对应用波前编码技术前后光学系统的成像性能作了比较,并且考察了优化参量的容差性.     

波前编码系统成像特性的空间域分析

波前编码技术在大幅度地增加光学系统景深的同时,可以抑制各种离焦类型的像差。目前波前编码系统的成像特性分析大多是基于空间频率域的分析,在应用稳定相法导出三次型相位板波前编码系统的点扩展函数近似解析式的基础之上,描述了点扩展函数的边界、带宽与振荡等特性,分析了波前编码系统对离焦、像散、彗差等常见像差的敏感性,从空间域进一步分析了波前编码系统的成像特性。     

倾斜入射的波前编码系统的点扩散函数扩大效应分析

通过对坐标系统进行旋转，计算得到了三次型波前编码系统的倾斜入射的光瞳函数，并给出了近似表达式. 分析表明倾斜入射会产生三次相位扩大效应和离焦扩大效应，它们和入射角的正负无关，且随着入射角绝对值的增大而增大. 这表现在点扩散函数(point spread function, PSF)上会扩展PSF包络的两条直角边，表现在调制传递函数(modulation transfer function, MTF)上会降低MTF值. 子午面倾斜入射时，子午方向的三次相位扩大效应和离焦放大效应大于弧矢方向，从而导致子午方向     

An apodized cubic phase mask used in a wavefront coding system to extend the depth of field

The point spread function (PSF) caused by a wavefront coding system with a cubic phase mask has big side-lobes which leads to bad image restoration. This paper proposes a novel apodized cubic phase mask to suppress the side-lobes of the PSF. Simulated annealing algorithm is used to optimize the cubic and the truncation parameter of the phase mask. The system with the novel phase mask has better performance in the modulation transfer function (MTF) especially in low-and-medium spatial frequency region. The simulation results show that the restored images with the novel phase mask are superior to the one with the classic cubic phase mask in contrast and ringing effect. The experimental results show that the side-lobes of the PSF are suppressed by using the apodized cubic phase mask.     

Focal depth extending using rotational symmetric pupil masks

Optical systems are analyzed with three kinds of rotational symmetric pupil masks: annular Gaussian ring mask, supergaussian ring mask, and quartic phase mask. In these masks, the quartic phase mask is found to be the best one to extend focal depth. Point spread function (PSF) and Strehl ratio (SR) are used to evaluate the imaging quality of the system with different defocus parameters. Without decoding needed, the focal depth of the system with quartic phase mask is four times as deep as aberration-free system. Different from the others, it suffers no obvious loss in the light throughput and lateral resolution. With twice focal depth extension, supergaussian ring mask suffers less loss in light throughput and lateral resolution than annular Gaussian ring mask.     

三次相位板波前编码系统彩色图像恢复的迭代算法

采用三次相位板进行景深延拓的波前编码系统得到非对称的点扩展函数.为了获得最终清晰的彩色图像.研究了一种基于广义极小残差法(GMREs)的迭代算法,结合Tikhonov规整化方法,并利用多通道处理过程对中间图像进行左卷积恢复.为了消除恢复图像边界的振铃效应,推导了新的光学成像过程数学模型,该模型采用反镜像边界条件并利用直积近似对卷积核进行处理.模拟数据的分析表明,采用多通道处理过程对彩色图片进行恢复时,新的算法在给出精确的反巷积结果的同时能有效地抑制噪声的放大;实验结果显示,较之经典的维纳滤波恢复结果,新算法能够更好的消除边界的振铃和图像边缘的振动波纹.     

倾斜入射的波前编码系统的点扩散函数扩大效应分析

通过对坐标系统进行旋转,计算得到了三次型波前编码系统的倾斜入射的光瞳函数,并给出了近似表达式. 分析表明倾斜入射会产生三次相位扩大效应和离焦扩大效应,它们和入射角的正负无关,且随着入射角绝对值的增大而增大. 这表现在点扩散函数(point spread function, PSF)上会扩展PSF包络的两条直角边,表现在调制传递函数(modulation transfer function, MTF)上会降低MTF值. 子午面倾斜入射时,子午方向的三次相位扩大效应和离焦放大效应大于弧矢方向,从而导致子午方向 关键词： 倾斜入射 波前编码 三次相位扩大效应 离焦扩大效应     

Optical transfer function analysis of circular-pupil wavefront coding systems with separable phase masks

This paper proposes a simple method to achieve the optical transfer function of a circular pupil wavefront coding system with a separable phase mask in Cartesian coordinates.Based on the stationary phase method,the optical transfer function of the circular pupil system can be easily obtained from the optical transfer function of the rectangular pupil system by modifying the cut-off frequency and the on-axial modulation transfer function.Finally,a system with a cubic phase mask is used as an example to illustrate the way to achieve the optical transfer function of the circular pupil system from the rectangular pupil system.