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How to generate a resolution target object on a curved surface?

  • 28 September 2023
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I would like to perform image simulation by first generating a USAF 1951 3-bar target on a curved object surface concave toward the entrance pupil, rather than on a flat surface object.  Has anyone tried that before?  How to do it?

Thanks, Mike

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Best answer by Jeff.Wilde 28 September 2023, 07:26

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This post may be of some help:

When using a paraxial lens for imaging, the curved object surface produces field-dependent defocus as well as distortion. 

Not sure if you want to apply correcting pre-distortion…

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Jeff

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Thanks Jeff, but how did you apply the USAF target pattern on a curved object?  That’s what I’m asking.

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I just put a radius of curvature on the object surface.  Now the field points have a z-component given by the sag of the object surface.

 

 

Regards,

Jeff

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