Development of an off-axis infrared light source for measurement of the line-spread function and the modulation transfer function

Vangonen, A.I., Kupriyanov, I.A., Kutsevich, S.V., Leonov, M.B., Seregin, D.A., Terletskiy, E.S.

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Леонов М.Б., Серегин Д.А., Вангонен А.И., Терлецкий Е.С., Куприянов И.А., Куцевич С.В. Разработка внеосевого инфракрасного осветителя для установок измерения функции рассеяния линии и функции передачи модуляции // Оптический журнал. 2021. Т. 88. № 7. С. 35–40. http://doi.org/10.17586/1023-5086-2021-88-07-35-40

Leonov M.B., Seregin D.A., Vangonen A.I., Terletskiy E.S., Kupriyanov I.A., Kutsevich S.V. Development of an off-axis infrared light source for measurement of the line-spread function and the modulation transfer function [in Russian] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2021. V. 88. № 7. P. 35–40. http://doi.org/10.17586/1023-5086-2021-88-07-35-40

For citation (Journal of Optical Technology):

M. B. Leonov, D. A. Seregin, A. I. Vangonen, E. S. Terletskii, I. A. Kupriyanov, and S. V. Kutsevich, "Development of an off-axis infrared light source for measurement of the line-spread function and the modulation transfer function," Journal of Optical Technology. 88(7), 376-379 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.88.000376

Abstract:

A design of an off-axis light source based on a mirror condenser and thermal infrared radiation source ensuring the uniformity of illumination of a test object in automated measurements of the line-spread function and the modulation transfer function of optical systems for the infrared spectral range is considered.

Keywords:

objectives, optical measurements, line-spread function, modulation transfer coefficient, modulation transfer function

OCIS codes: 120.4630, 120.4800

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