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The '''Optical Transfer Function''' (OTF) describes the spatial (angular) variation as a function of [[spatial frequency|spatial (angular) frequency]]. When the image is projected onto a flat plane, such as photographic film or a solid state detector, spatial frequency is the preferred ___domain, but when the image is referred to the lens alone, angular frequency is preferred. OTF may be broken down into the magnitude and phase components as follows:
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The OTF accounts for [[aberration in optical systems|aberration]], which the limiting frequency expression above does not. The magnitude is known as the '''Modulation Transfer Function (MTF)''' and the phase portion is known as the '''Phase Transfer Function (PTF)'''.
In imaging systems, the phase component is typically not captured by the sensor. Thus, the important measure with respect to imaging systems is the MTF.▼
Another related quantity is the Contrast Transfer Function (CTF). MTF describes the response of an optical system to an image decomposed into sine waves. CTF describes the response of an optical system to an image decomposed into square waves.
▲In imaging systems, the phase component is typically not captured by the sensor. Thus, the important measure with respect to imaging systems is the MTF.
Phase is critically important to [[adaptive optics]] and holographic systems.
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