A Precise MTF Measurement Method of Programmable Optical Systems

The programmable coded aperture has been applied to the optical systems to enhance their functionality and performance. Therefore, the optical system is programmable. It means that the optical system could be changed momentarily. Conventionally, during MTF measurement, the optical system is fixed. The system under test and the test equipment have no relation of time sequence. The image sensor sample of test equipment can be random. But In the programmable optical system, the aperture style and its duration in a frame period have a impact on the system MTF. Conventional MTF measurement methods can't be used to test accurately the MTF of programmable optical system. In this paper, we propose a method and design a system which can test precisely MTF of the programmable optical system. In this method the sample of a sensor would be synchronized with the coded aperture program logic, which ensures the precision of MTF measurement. (2013) Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland.