The relation between physical and computer-generated point spread functions and optical transfer functions

Authors
Lucke, RL
Citation
Rl. Lucke, The relation between physical and computer-generated point spread functions and optical transfer functions, AM J PHYS, 69(12), 2001, pp. 1237-1244
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS
ISSN journal
00029505 → ACNP
Volume
69
Issue
12
Year of publication
2001
Pages
1237 - 1244
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9505(200112)69:12<1237:TRBPAC>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
A review of how a point spread function and an optical transfer function ar e derived from the exit pupil function of an imaging system is given and th e relation between computer-generated functions and their physical counterp arts is developed in detail. Useful normalizations and integral relations a re presented. (C) 2001 American Association of Physics Teachers.