Performance limitations of rotationally symmetric nonimaging devices

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2855-2862

  Ries, Harald ^a   Shatz, Narkis ^b   Bortz, John ^b   Spirkl, Wolfgang ^c  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 0010630492     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.14.002855     Document Type: Article

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