Electronic imaging using a logarithmic asphere

W Chi, N George - Optics Letters, 2001 - opg.optica.org
W Chi, N George
Optics Letters, 2001opg.optica.org
Transmission functions are derived that are valid in the nonparaxial case for a class of
lenses that will image a continuum of points along an optical axis to a single image point.
This lens, which we call a logarithmic asphere, is then used in a digital camera. The
resolution of the camera is limited by the pixel size of the CCD; ie, it is not diffraction limited.
Digital processing is used to recover the image, and image-plane processing is used for
speed. We find a tenfold increase in the depth of field over that for the diffraction-limited …
Transmission functions are derived that are valid in the nonparaxial case for a class of lenses that will image a continuum of points along an optical axis to a single image point. This lens, which we call a logarithmic asphere, is then used in a digital camera. The resolution of the camera is limited by the pixel size of the CCD; i.e., it is not diffraction limited. Digital processing is used to recover the image, and image-plane processing is used for speed. We find a tenfold increase in the depth of field over that for the diffraction-limited case.
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