1 '''
2 Created on Mar 22, 2013
3
4 @author: David S. Bolme
5 Oak Ridge National Laboratory
6 '''
7
9 '''
10 This function computes the Diffraction limit of an optical system. It
11 returns the smallest resolvable pattern at a given wavelength and
12 aperture.
13
14 @param distance: distance to the target in meters.
15 @param wavelength: the wavelength of the light in nanometers
16 @param aperture: the size of the aperture in meters.
17 @returns: the resolution limit in meters
18 '''
19
20 wavelength = 1.0e-9*wavelength
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23 resolution = distance * 1.220*(wavelength/aperture)
24 return resolution
25
27 '''
28 This function computes the Diffraction limit of an optical system. It
29 returns the smallest resolvable pattern at a given wavelength and
30 aperture.
31
32 @param distance: distance to the target in meters.
33 @param wavelength: the wavelength of the light in nanometers
34 @param resolution: the resolution on target in metes.
35 @returns: the aperture size in meters.
36 '''
37
38 wavelength = 1.0e-9*wavelength
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41 aperture = (distance * 1.220* wavelength) / resolution
42
43 return aperture
44
46 N=focal_length/aperture
47 return N
48
50 '''
51
52 '''
53 H = hyperfocal
54 s = distance
55 Dn = (H*s)/(H+s)
56 Df = (H*s)/(H-s)
57 return Dn,Df,Df-Dn
58
60 '''
61 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperfocal_distance
62
63 Definition 1: The hyperfocal distance is the closest distance at which a
64 lens can be focused while keeping objects at infinity acceptably sharp.
65 When the lens is focused at this distance, all objects at distances from
66 half of the hyperfocal distance out to infinity will be acceptably sharp.
67
68 Definition 2: The hyperfocal distance is the distance beyond which all
69 objects are acceptably sharp, for a lens focused at infinity.
70 '''
71 return (focal_length**2)/(fnumber*circle_of_confusion)
72