Focal switch: A new effect in low–Fresnel–number systems

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 24-27

  Martínez Corral, Manuel ^a   Climent, Vicent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ATTENUATION; FOCUSING; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LIGHT PROPAGATION;

FOCAL SHIFT EFFECT; FOCAL SWITCH EFFECT; FRESNEL NUMBER; PARAXIAL APPROXIMATION; PERMUTATION; SPHERICAL WAVE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0029678982     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.000024     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. D. A. Holmes, J. E. Korka, and P. Avizonis, “Parametric study of apertured Gaussian beams,” Appl. Opt. 11, 565-574 (1972).
2. A. Arimoto, “Intensity distribution of aberration-free diffraction patterns due to circular apertures in large E-number optical systems,” Opt. Acta 23, 245-250 (1976).
3. Y. Li and E. Wolf, “Focal shifts in diffracted converging spherical waves,” Opt. Commun. 39, 211-215 (1981).
4. V. N. Mahajan, “Axial irradiance and optimal focusing of laser beams,” Appl. Opt. 22, 3042-3053 (1983).
5. J. Ojeda-Castaneda, M. Martinez-Corral, P. Andres, and A. Pons, “Strehl ratio versus defocus for noncentrally obscured pupils,” Appl. Opt. 33, 7611-7616 (1994).
6. W. H. Carter, “Focal shift and concept of effective Fresnel number for a Gaussian laser beam,” Appl. Opt. 21, 1989-1994 (1982).
7. Y. Li and E. Wolf, “Focal shift in focused truncated Gaussian beams,” Opt. Commun. 42, 151-156 (1982).
8. Y. Li, “Focal shift formula for focused, apertured Gaussian beams,” J. Mod. Opt. 39, 1761-1764 (1992).
9. M. Martinez-Corral, P. Andres, and J. Ojeda-Castaneda, “On-axis diffractional behavior of two-dimensional pupils,” Appl. Opt. 33, 2223-2229 (1994).
10. P. Andres, M. Martinez-Corral, and J. Ojeda-Castaneda, “Off-axis focal shift for rotationally nonsymmetric screens,” Opt. Lett. 18, 1290-1292 (1993).