The depth-of-field (DOF) characteristic of the imaging system with scattering medium is analyzed based on the analytical model of ambiguity function as a polar display of the optical transfer function (OTF) in this paper. It is indicated that the scattering medium can help re-collect more high spatial frequencies, which are normally lost with defocusing in traditional imaging systems. Therefore, the scattering medium can be considered not as an obstacle for imaging but as a useful tool to extend the DOF of the imaging system. To test the imaging properties and limitations, we performed optical experiments in a single-lens imaging system.

Date Published: 7 September 2018
PDF: 5 pages
Proc. SPIE 10834, Speckle 2018: VII International Conference on Speckle Metrology, 1083423 (7 September 2018); doi: 10.1117/12.2319699

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 10834:
Speckle 2018: VII International Conference on Speckle Metrology
Malgorzata Kujawińska; Leszek R. Jaroszewicz, Editor(s)