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Everything about Pupil function
The pupil function or aperture function describes how a light wave is affected upon transmission through an optical imaging system such as a camera, microscope, or the human eye. More specifically, it is a complex function of the position in the pupil or aperture that indicates the relative change in amplitude and phase of the light wave. Sometimes this function is referred to as the generalized pupil function, in which case pupil function only indicates whether light is transmitted or not. Imperfections in the optics typically have a direct effect on the pupil function, it is therefore an important tool to study optical imaging systems and their performance. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Pupil functionA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Tonic and phasic effects of reward on the pupil: implications for locus coeruleus functionInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: The PupilThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Embedded pupil function recovery for Fourier ptychographic microscopyCited 432 times
- Go sideways: Point spread functionA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Fourier opticsA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Embedded pupil function recovery for Fourier ptychographic microscopy
Three dimensional single molecule localization using a phase retrieved pupil function
Optimized pupil-plane filters for confocal microscope point-spread function engineering
Melanopsin-mediated pupil function is impaired in Parkinson’s disease
Nonlinear optimization algorithm for retrieving the full complex pupil function
Rotating point spread function via pupil-phase engineering
A wavefront generator for complex pupil function synthesis and point spread function engineering
Retinal information capacity and the function of the pupil
🆕 Influential since 2022
Tonic and phasic effects of reward on the pupil: implications for locus coeruleus function
Engineering pupil function for optical adversarial attacks
Transformed pupil-function misalignment calibration strategy for Fourier ptychographic microscopy
The structure–function relationship between multifocal pupil perimetry and retinal nerve fibre layer in glaucoma
In situ fully vectorial tomography and pupil function retrieval of tightly focused fields
📚 Books worth reading
The PupilIrene E. Loewenfeld · 1993- 📕Brain stem activation of the nictitating membrane and pupil in the catMichael Campbell Koss · 1971
- 📕Binocular and stereoscopic vision in man and other vertebrates, with its relation to the decussation of the optic nerves, the ocular movements, and the pupil light reflexWilfred Harris · 1904
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