In deep-space optical communications, one particular challenge encountered at the ground receiver side are the wavefront deformations caused by atmospheric turbulence. This gives rise to reduced signal-to-background ratios and signal fades, especially during daytime. Background rejection is therefore a fundamental requirement for optical links operating in the low-photon-count regime with a strong solar background. Both, spectral and spatial filtering subsystems are essential for this application. To this end, we have analyzed several spectral filters and wavefront sensing approaches. In laboratory experiments, a combination of a bandpass filter and a Fabry-Pérot etalon delivered the required bandwidth of 0.17 nm and transmission of 90%, while a SWIR Shack-Hartmann sensor, combined with custom-built wavefront reconstruction software, directed the adaptive optics loop. We have obtained improvements in the Strehl ratio for signal-to-background ratios down to 0.2
Increasing the depth of field of a lens is one approach of relieving computational and mechanical refocussing mechanisms of lenses. In this paper we introduce a three element lens, consisting of an achromatic doublet, a singlet lens and a variable thickness element in the form of a refractive plate. The plate element provides an increase in depth of field comparable to 2.8 times that of a conventional lens. The lateral sag of the plate alters the optical path length for each bundle of rays with respect to the object distance so that all objects are imaged on to a fixed position detector. The surface is described by a combination of Zernike terms along the sagittal plane. Imaging is carried out with NIR narrow-band illumination where the fine details of the iris can be sharply captured in the image.
We propose a method of extending the depth of field (EDOF) of conventional lenses for a low cost iris recognition front-facing smartphone camera. Longitudinal chromatic aberration (LCA) can be induced in the lens by means of dual wavelength illumination. The EDOF region is then constructed from the sum of the adjacent depths of field from each wavelength illumination. The lens parameters can be found analytically with paraxial raytracing. The extended depth of field is dependant on the glass chosen and position of the near object point.
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