ZHOU Feng, YAN Hai, WANG Xiao-li, et al. Optimization of wavefront coding imaging systems based on ZEMAX user defined operands[J]. Optics and precision engineering, 2010, 18(3): 528-535.
ZHOU Feng, YAN Hai, WANG Xiao-li, et al. Optimization of wavefront coding imaging systems based on ZEMAX user defined operands[J]. Optics and precision engineering, 2010, 18(3): 528-535.DOI:
As the design of phase mask in wavefront coding imaging systems is complex and the aberration of original optics cannot be taken into consideration
two new design methods are proposed based on the popular optical software ZEMAX. By using ZPL macros
the user defined operands are written to optimize the energy concentration and consistency of the point spread function
and the depth of focus of the optimized rotationally symmetric phase mask is 5.5 times as large as that of traditional imaging systems at the criterion of Strehl ratio larger than 0.8. By using an externally defined and compiled C program
the user defined operands are written to optimize the defocus invariance of modulation transfer function
and the depth of focus of the optimized odd symmetric phase mask is 12.5 times as large as that of traditional imaging systems. However
the depth of focus of the cubic phase mask is only 10.1 times as large as that of traditional one in the same condition.These results show that the design methods proposed are practical and effective.