Optical transfer function
FUNCTION THAT SPECIFIES HOW DIFFERENT SPATIAL FREQUENCIES ARE HANDLED BY THE SYSTEM; DESCRIBES HOW THE OPTICS PROJECT LIGHT FROM THE OBJECT OR SCENE ONTO A PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM, DETECTOR ARRAY, RETINA, SCREEN, ETC.
Modulation Transfer Function; Modulation transfer function; Phase Transfer Function; Optical Transfer Function; Modulation transfer function (infrared imaging); MTF chart; Phase transfer function; Line spread function
The optical transfer function (OTF) of an optical system such as a camera, microscope, human eye, or projector specifies how different spatial frequencies are handled by the system. It is used by optical engineers to describe how the optics project light from the object or scene onto a photographic film, detector array, retina, screen, or simply the next item in the optical transmission chain.