Assessment of Imaging Systems, Visible and Infrared: April 7-9, 1981, University of Reading, United KingdomT. L. Williams, Sira Institute SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering, 1981 - Technology & Engineering - 322 pages |
Contents
PURPOSE AND SCOPE | 7 |
CALCULATION OF OPTICAL PERFORMANCE | 13 |
MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES | 51 |
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aberration afocal aperture assessment astigmatism axis azimuth birefringence c/deg calculated collimator components contrast defocus detection detector device diameter DIEGO display effect electron exit pupil field angle filter fine-line image focus Fourier transform fringes germanium grating illumination image intensifier image plane image quality input instrument interferogram LAMBDA LAMBORS lens lenses light limited line spread function linear luminance magnification method modulation transfer function MRTD MTF curves MTF measurement MTF value object observer obtained off-axis optical systems optical transfer function output parameters performance phase photocathode photographic photomultiplier PIXELS point spread function produced radiation range raster ratio refractive index resolution response sample scan shown in Figure signal to noise sinusoidal slit spatial frequency specification spectral standard Strehl Ratio surfaces target technique telescope temperature thermal imaging systems threshold transfer factor tube veiling glare veiling-glare visual wavefront wavelength