Exact calculation of the circle of least confusion of a rotationally symmetric mirror. II

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1021-1028

  Silva Ortigoza, G ^a   Castro Ramos, J ^b   Cordero Davila A ^a  

^a BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ASTROFÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; WAVEFRONTS;

OPTICAL AXIS;

MIRRORS;

EID: 0009239669     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.001021     Document Type: Article

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