Improved multiple circular array configuration for sparse aperture optical imaging systems

Aimin Liu; Limin Gao; Maosen Xiao

doi:10.1117/1.OE.56.7.073109

27 July 2017 Improved multiple circular array configuration for sparse aperture optical imaging systems

Aimin Liu, Limin Gao, Maosen Xiao

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 56, Issue 7, 073109 (July 2017). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.56.7.073109

Abstract

An improved multiple circular array (MCA) configuration is proposed for sparse aperture (SA) optical imaging systems. Using genetic algorithms, the practical cutoff frequency (PCOF), based on the modulation transfer function for the array, is selected as the fitness function. Moreover, the parameters, such as diameters of aperture sets, spacing between the aperture sets, and relative rotation angles between aperture sets on different concentric circles, are calculated. Improved MCA configurations, with aperture numbers of 6, 9, 12, 10, 15, 11, and 13, are given. Golay arrays, MCAs, a single annular aperture, and improved arrays with the same fill factor are compared. The results show that the improved array has highest PCOF of all the SA arrays, smoother coverage in Fourier space, and better midfrequency contrast than MCAs. Consequently, the improved array is a promising aperture configuration that can approximate a single annular aperture.

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Aimin Liu, Limin Gao, and Maosen Xiao "Improved multiple circular array configuration for sparse aperture optical imaging systems," Optical Engineering 56(7), 073109 (27 July 2017). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.56.7.073109

Received: 3 April 2017; Accepted: 26 June 2017; Published: 27 July 2017

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