1. Notes for xBSM meeting, 2012-01-05
Fits for Pinhole and FresnelZonePlate
have been standardized to each call the
same “TwoGaussFit”.
There are 4 free parameters:
Beam Size,
Position
Fraction of Image Area in SIGNAL
Fraction of Image Area in Flat Background
Each has a “signal” or “line shape”
defined by 2 Gaussians, hence 6 fixed parameters :
PinHole FresnelZonePlate
Narrow Gaussian
Locate
Fraction of SIGNAL
Intrinsic Width † pixel =1/sqrt(12)
Wide Gaussian
Locate
Fraction of SIGNAL (1-0.8) ( )
Intrinsic Width pixel pixel
† (subtracting(quad) 18 microns, 0.9 pixel at the image)

2. Coded Aperture:
Implemented the DanP parameterization
of the DanP calculated image from January 2011.
The “line shape” is 12 gaussians, 36 fixed parameters.
There are, AGAIN, 4 free parameters:
Beam Size,
Position
Fraction of Image Area in SIGNAL
Fraction of Image Area in Flat Background
Well, OK, there is a 5th free parameter:
Background slope,
but this is constrained to 0 ± 2% .
Also,
implemented the DanP parametization
of the JohnF calculated image for
zero beam size, zero offset, some standard area.
~All information from John’s calculation is in this image.
Brian templates in beam size.
The MatLab code convolutes the beam size by
describing the image as a linear sum of Gaussians.

3. DanP parameterization
of the DanP calculated image
DanP parameterization
of the JohnF calculated image

4. Study of IBS data
taken night of
Conditions as described:
PinHole subtractor: 18 microns
CodedAperture: DanP January 2011
Systematic issues:
PinHole result will increase with
smaller subtractor.
CodedAperture result will increase
with decreased background level (slide)
with decreased Gaussian widths (slide) .
Will the agreement remain intact?
I don’t know.

5. Extending to Left and Right sides of Coded Aperture image
Fitted beam size in Coded Aperture is highly correlated with the background.
Investigate the background level and slope.
We did this 2 times: , 20, 21
, 29, 30 . It could be done more often.
Better to analyze this with averaged images.
Learn that the background level should be lower, and
the background is slightly higher (~4% ?) on the Left, and can be locked.

6. Intrinsic Gaussian widths: an error from January 2011
(This is kind-of technical.)
The parameterization to 12 Gaussians
starts with a smoothed image.
[smoothed bin value] = (self + ½ NearestNeighbors) /2
This introduces a FWHM of 2 bins (=1 pixel) .
A new parameterization matches
the smoothed images
with
an equally smoothed Gaussian parameterization
but with reduced intrinsic widths.
With a value of 1 in the center, and ½ in the side bins,
the RMS of this thing is 2-1/2 bins, or pixel.
Optimum was found at pixel,
7.5 micron referred to the source.
The line shape was too wide; ADD this subtractor.

7. Thinking about
adding the semi-transparency of the mask.
( JohnF knows all about this. )
Increased the optics integration range
beyond the 310 micron height Coded Aperture.
500 microns is still not enough.
500 microns * (projection =3.3) = 1.65 mm
This causes those bumps on the sides.
We can read off the semi-transparency from slide 5.
50% amplitude transmission (25% intensity) ,
-0.2λ phase shift ( vphase/c > 1 )
may have some nice features. (BLUE line)
deaper central valley , w.r.t. the background level,
more defined side peak on main peak.
Must install transmission based on observed
and phase shift based on material.