Generalization of the concepts of focal length and f-number to space and time

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

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 1994, Pages 3229-3233

  Kolner, Brian H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOCUSING; FOURIER OPTICS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

F-NUMBER; FOCAL LENGTH;

LENSES;

EID: 0028741075     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.11.003229     Document Type: Article

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