Optics: measuring and testing – Lens or reflective image former testing – For optical transfer function
Patent
1976-02-06
1977-11-29
Clark, Conrad L.
Optics: measuring and testing
Lens or reflective image former testing
For optical transfer function
G01B 900
Patent
active
040603288
ABSTRACT:
A slit image is projected through the optical device being measured and onto the optical input screen of a variable-gain photomultiplier tube. Before it is incident upon the input screen of the tube, the projected image is modulated to develop simultaneously a low-frequency image component and one or more higher-frequency image components. Electronic filters are employed to separate the electrical output signal of the photomultiplier tube into discrete electrical signals each representative of a different one of the image components, and one or more meters are used to indicate the relative amplitudes thereof. A phase-locked-loop detector and an amplifier are employed between each filter and meter to improve the signal-to-noise ratio of the system and increase the signal amplitude to a level suitable for driving the meter. In one embodiment, the overall gain of the system is manually adjusted until the meter reads 100 percent MTF for the low-frequency component. A normalized MTF measurement at each of the higher frequencies is indicated either on the same meter, by using a switch, or on a separate meter for each frequency. In another embodiment, a closed-loop feedback circuit comprising a comparator circuit which compares the amplitude of the low-frequency electrical signal with that of a reference signal and generates an error signal which is coupled to the photomultiplier tube to automatically adjust the system such that a 100 percent MTF reading is obtained for the low-frequency component throughout the entire time that the optical device is being measured.
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Murata, Kazumi; Instruments for the Measuring of Optical Transfer Functions; Progress In Optics, vol. V., ed. Wolf pp. 211, 212, 1966.
Clark Conrad L.
Varo Inc.
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