Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 44, Issue 19, 1911002(2024)

Super-Resolution Imaging Using Liquid Crystal Optical Wedge

Fan Cao, Bo Zhou, Zhiqiang Liu, and Mao Ye*
Author Affiliations
  • School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, Sichuan , China
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    Figures & Tables(14)
    Structure diagram of liquid crystal optical wedge device
    Coordinate systems. (a) Effective regional plane coordinate system; (b) deflected beam space coordinate system
    Structure diagram of imaging system
    Principles of super-resolution imaging. (a) Initial image; (b) X direction offset -0.5 pixel; (c) Y direction offset -0.5 pixel; (d) offset by -0.5 pixel in both X,Y directions; (e) super-resolution image
    Interference image acquisition optical path
    Response curves of liquid crystal phase change to voltage. (a) Two 5 μm liquid crystal cells; (b) three 5 μm liquid crystal cells
    Device response time measurement
    Physical installation diagram of imaging system
    ISO12233 Initial image of resolution plate (rectangular area for subsequent testing)
    Extreme resolution comparison test. (a)(d) Initial image; (b)(e) single frame interpolated image; (c)(f) multi-frame super-resolution image
    Comparison chart of the extreme resolution
    Comparison of MTF curves for single-frame interpolated image and multi-frame super-resolution image
    • Table 1. Specific data of multi-frame image acquisition

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      Table 1. Specific data of multi-frame image acquisition

      Imagev1 /Vv2 /Vv3 /Vv4 /VTheoretical phase delay /(2π)Phase delay /(2π)Theoretical Δx /pixelΔx /pixelTheoretical Δy /pixelΔy /pixel
      a0000000000
      b00.322.322.320.840.72-0.50-0.510-0.06
      c002.322.000.840.720.00-0.06-0.50-0.54
      d00.302.402.101.681.35-0.5-0.49-0.50-0.53
    • Table 2. Extreme resolution data

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      Table 2. Extreme resolution data

      ImageVertical resolutionHorizontal resolution
      Initial image441432
      Single frame interpolated image549500
      Multi-frame super-resolution image684686
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    Paper Information

    Category: Imaging Systems

    Received: Apr. 23, 2024

    Accepted: May. 16, 2024

    Published Online: Oct. 11, 2024

    The Author Email: Mao Ye (mao_ye@uestc.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS240896

    CSTR:32393.14.AOS240896

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