Point spread function degradation model of a polarization imaging system for wide-field subwavelength nanoparticles: publisher’s note

2020 ◽  
Vol 59 (27) ◽  
pp. 8118
Author(s):  
Wu Qiong ◽  
Kun Gao ◽  
Zizheng Hua ◽  
Zhenzhou Zhang ◽  
Hanwen Zhao ◽  
...  
2020 ◽  
Vol 59 (23) ◽  
pp. 7114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wu Qiong ◽  
Kun Gan ◽  
Zizheng Hua ◽  
Zhenzhou Zhang ◽  
Hanwen Zhao ◽  
...  

10.14311/1696 ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Anisimova ◽  
Jan Bednář ◽  
Petr Páta

The Point Spread Function (PSF) of the astronomical imaging system is usually approximated by a Gaussian or Moffat function. For simplification, the astronomical imaging system is considered to be time and space invariant. This means that invariable PSF within an exposed image is assumed. If real wide-field imaging systems are considered, this presumption is not fulfilled. In real systems, stronger optical aberrations are expected (especially coma) at greater distances from the center of the captured image. This impacts the efficiency of stellar astrometry and photometry algorithms, so it is necessary to know the PSF variation. In this paper, we perform the first step toward assigning PSF changes: we study the dependence of the Moffat function fitting parameters (FWHM and the atmospheric scattering coefficient ) on the position of a stellar object.


2013 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 0411002
Author(s):  
周红仙 Zhou Hongxian ◽  
周有平 Zhou Youping ◽  
王毅 Wang Yi

2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (14) ◽  
pp. 1405003
Author(s):  
卢泉 Lu Quan ◽  
张泽昊 Zhang Zehao ◽  
张卫平 Zhang Weiping ◽  
刘诣荣 Liu Yirong

2015 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 311004
Author(s):  
马庆力 MA Qing-li ◽  
唐世彪 TANG Shi-biao ◽  
吴彦华 WU Yan-hua

2020 ◽  
Vol 497 (3) ◽  
pp. 4000-4008
Author(s):  
Rongyu Sun ◽  
Shengxian Yu ◽  
Peng Jia ◽  
Changyin Zhao

ABSTRACT Telescopes with a small aperture and a wide field of view are widely used and play a significant role in large-scale state-of-the-art sky survey applications, such as transient detection and near-Earth object observations. However, owing to the specific defects caused by optical aberrations, the image quality and efficiency of source detection are affected. To achieve high-accuracy position measurements, an innovative technique is proposed. First, a large number of raw images are analysed using principal component analysis. Then, the effective point spread function is reconstructed, which reflects the state of the telescope and reveals the characteristics of the imaging process. Finally, based on the point spread function model, the centroids of star images are estimated iteratively. To test the efficiency and reliability of our algorithm, a large number of simulated images are produced, and a telescope with small aperture and wide field of view is utilized to acquire the raw images. The position measurement of sources is performed using our novel method and two other common methods on these data. Based on a comparison of the results, the improvement is investigated, and it is demonstrated that our proposed technique outperforms the others on position accuracy. We explore the limitations and potential gains that may be achieved by applying this technique to custom systems designed specifically for wide-field astronomical applications.


2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 025703
Author(s):  
Bin Feng ◽  
Zelin Shi ◽  
Haizheng Liu ◽  
Yaohong Zhao ◽  
Jianlei Zhang

2010 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Kotyński

AbstractMetal-dielectric layered stacks for imaging with sub-wavelength resolution are regarded as linear isoplanatic systems — a concept popular in Fourier optics and in scalar diffraction theory. In this context, a layered flat lens is a one-dimensional spatial filter characterised by the point spread function. However, depending on the model of the source, the definition of the point spread function for multilayers with sub-wavelength resolution may be formulated in several ways. Here, a distinction is made between a soft source and hard electric or magnetic sources. Each of these definitions leads to a different meaning of perfect imaging. It is shown that some simple interpretations of the PSF, such as the relation of its width to the resolution of the imaging system are ambiguous for the multilayers with sub-wavelenth resolution. These differences must be observed in point spread function engineering of layered systems with sub-wavelength sized PSF.


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