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18 June 2024 Phase Retrieval for Optical System Characterization: Design, Performance Analysis, and Experimental Validation of a Convolutional Neural Network
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Abstract
We introduce a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) designed for precise wavefront retrieval from point-spread function (PSF) intensity images. Our ResNet18-based CNN infers the first 15 Zernike standard coefficients using three PSF measurements symmetrically positioned around the focal point. The CNN is trained on a dataset of 300,000 simulated PSF image sets containing 4th and 6th order aberrations, with wavefront amplitudes of up to 10 λ. We achieve an accuracy exceeding 99% for each individual Zernike coefficient, with uncertainties ≤ λ/30, as validated on a dataset of simulated PSF images. We evaluate the CNN's performance on experimental PSF measurements, and the predictions are compared to direct wavefront measurements from a Shack-Hartmann sensor. The results indicate prediction accuracy better than λ/15 for each of the 15 coefficients. This confirms the CNN's potential for characterizing optical systems with complex aberration distributions of low to moderate amplitudes.
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Noé Hirschauer and Gaelle Lucas-Leclin "Phase Retrieval for Optical System Characterization: Design, Performance Analysis, and Experimental Validation of a Convolutional Neural Network", Proc. SPIE PC13021, Optical Fabrication and Testing VIII, PC1302107 (18 June 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3017107
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KEYWORDS
Point spread functions

Convolutional neural networks

Design and modelling

Optical networks

Phase retrieval

Education and training

CMOS sensors

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