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Characteristic of an optical system
The optical transfer function (OTF) of an optical system such as a camera, microscope, human eye, or projector is a scale-dependent description of their imaging contrast. Its magnitude is the image contrast of the harmonic intensity pattern, , as a function of the spatial frequency, , while its complex argument indicates a phase shift in the periodic pattern. The optical transfer function is used by optical engineers to describe how the optics project light from the object or scene onto a photographic film, detector array, retina, screen, or simply the next item in the optical transmission chain. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: Optical transfer functionA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Optical response, lithiation and charge transfer in Sn-based 211 MAX phases with electron localization functionInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: LANDSAT-4 thematic mapper modulation transfer function (MTF) evaluationThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Optical Image Evaluation and the Transfer FunctionCited 37 times
- Go sideways: Optical resolutionA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Diffraction-limited systemA closely related topic
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Optical Image Evaluation and the Transfer Function
Transfer function characterization of grazing incidence optical systems
The Calculation of the Optical Transfer Function
Differential optical transfer function wavefront sensing
Calculation of Axial Polychromatic Optical Transfer Function
Transfer Function for Cascaded Optical Systems
Approximation to the three-dimensional optical transfer function
Optical transfer function of three-dimensional display systems
🆕 Influential since 2022
Optical response, lithiation and charge transfer in Sn-based 211 MAX phases with electron localization function
Quantitative phase and refractive index imaging of 3D objects via optical transfer function reshaping
Single-shot refractive index slice imaging using spectrally multiplexed optical transfer function reshaping
Experimental assessment of the optical transfer function for quantitative oblique back illumination microscopy (qOBM)
10‐2: Line‐Based Modulation Transfer Function Measurement of Aerial Display by Use of Arrayed Optical Elements
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕LANDSAT-4 thematic mapper modulation transfer function (MTF) evaluationRobert A. Schowengerdt · 1983
Visual object processingGlyn W. Humphreys · 1987- 📕Study of one- and two-dimensional filtering and deconvolution algorithms for a streaming array computerGeorge E. Ioup · 1985
- 📕Sensor performance analysisH. E. Montgomery · 1990
Optical transfer function of imaging systemsTom L. Williams · 1999
Introduction to the optical transfer functionWilliams, Charles S. · 1989
The optical transfer functionK. R. Barnes · 1971
Applications of optical FouriertransformsHenry Stark · 1982
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