A computer-assisted experiment to study the influence of the point spread function in the image formation process

Ferrando, Vicente ; Remon, Laura (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Salinas, Isabel ; Monsoriu, Juan A. ; Furlan, Walter D.

Resumen: We present a new open experimental setup assisted with LabView to be used to teach the concept of the point spread function (PSF). The PSF describes the response of an image-forming system to a point object. The PSF concept is of fundamental importance in optics since the output of an image-forming system can be simulated as the convolution of the PSF with the input object. In this work, a new graphical user interface has been developed to obtain a real-time measure of the PSF and the corresponding images provided by different lenses and pupils with different sizes and shapes. From a didactical point of view, the proposed method allows students to interpret the results in a visual and heuristic way.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1088/1361-6404/aadce0

Año: 2018

Publicado en: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS 39, 6 (2018), [8 pp.]
ISSN: 0143-0807

Factor impacto JCR: 0.861 (2018)

Categ. JCR: PHYSICS, MULTIDISCIPLINARY rank: 64 / 81 = 0.79 (2018) - Q4 - T3
Categ. JCR: EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES rank: 34 / 41 = 0.829 (2018) - Q4 - T3

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.441 - Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) (Q2)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO-FEDER/DPI2015-71256-R

Tipo y forma: Artículo (Versión definitiva)

Área (Departamento): Área Óptica (Dpto. Física Aplicada)