Exact computation of the caustic associated with the evolution of an aberrated wavefront

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 358-365

  Silva Ortigoza, Gilberto ^a   Marciano Melchor, Magdalena ^a   Carvente Muñoz, Osvaldo ^a   Silva Ortigoza, Ramón ^b  

^a BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aberrated wavefront; Caustic surface; Spherical aberration

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

CAUSTIC SURFACES; SPHERICAL ABERRATION;

WAVEFRONTS;

EID: 0036572688     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/4/3/325     Document Type: Article

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