Improved aperture for modulation transfer function measurement of detector arrays beyond the Nyquist frequency

Alfred D. Ducharme; Sarah P. Temple

doi:10.1117/1.2976798

1 September 2008 Improved aperture for modulation transfer function measurement of detector arrays beyond the Nyquist frequency

Alfred D. Ducharme, Sarah P. Temple

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 47, Issue 9, 093601 (September 2008). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2976798

Abstract

The design of an aperture for the generation of laser speckle with a flat power spectrum covering a wide band of the measurement spatial-frequency range is presented. This aperture allows for the measurement of modulation transfer function (MTF) from zero to twice the Nyquist frequency of a two-dimensional detector array. This design mitigates many of the measurement problems inherent in other aperture designs. The MTF measurement of a CCD detector array is used to demonstrate the measurement technique and illustrate the advantages of the new aperture design.

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Alfred D. Ducharme and Sarah P. Temple "Improved aperture for modulation transfer function measurement of detector arrays beyond the Nyquist frequency," Optical Engineering 47(9), 093601 (1 September 2008). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2976798

Published: 1 September 2008

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