Acta Physica Sinica, Volume. 68, Issue 8, 084201-1(2019)

Design of monocentric wide field-of-view and high-resolution computational imaging system

Fei Liu1,2, Ya-Zhe Wei1, Ping-Li Han1, Jia-Wei Liu1, and Xiao-Peng Shao1、*
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  • 1School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Xidian University, Xi'an 710071, China
  • 2State Key Laboratory of Applied Optics, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, China
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    For simplifying the design process, in this manuscript, we apply the computational imaging theory to optical system design, thereby developing a geometric aberration optimization function to determine the initial values of the desired system by the sound computation rather than repetitive iterations by using the optical system design software. Function development starts from the aberration theory. Since the monocentric ball lens does not bring in the aberrations relating to FOV, only spherical aberration and chromatic aberration are needed to be considered. The optimization function is then founded according to the principle of minimizing the spherical aberration and chromatic aberration. And then with the determined initial parameters, ZEMAX is employed to globally optimize the residual geometric aberrations, which is time-efficient. After required parameters are finally determined, the system performance is evaluated via the modulation transmission function, the spot diagram distribution, the field-curve and distortion value and the ray fan curve. Favorable results are obtained, which demonstrates the feasibility of the developed system designing approach. Imaging results from the finished prototype system are pretty satisfactory with wide FOV and high resolution which is captured through only one frame. The multi-scale wide FOV and high-resolution computation imaging system not only solves the conflict between the wide FOV and high resolution, but also provides the research foundation for computational imaging.

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    Fei Liu, Ya-Zhe Wei, Ping-Li Han, Jia-Wei Liu, Xiao-Peng Shao. Design of monocentric wide field-of-view and high-resolution computational imaging system[J]. Acta Physica Sinica, 2019, 68(8): 084201-1

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    Received: Dec. 18, 2018

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Oct. 29, 2019

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    DOI:10.7498/aps.68.20182229

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