Vector diffraction in paraboloidal mirrors with Seidel aberrations. I: Spherical aberration, curvature of field aberration and distortion

Optics Communications

Volumn 128, Issue 4-6, 1996, Pages 292-306

  Kant, Rishi ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; DISTORTION (WAVES); IMAGE INTENSIFIERS (SOLID STATE); IMAGE QUALITY; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MIRRORS; VECTORS;

AXIALLY SYMMETRIC WAVE ABERRATIONS; FIELD ABERRATION; FIELD DISTORTION; PARABOLOIDAL REFLECTORS; RICHARD'S FORMULATION; SEIDEL ABERRATIONS; SPHERICAL ABERRATIONS; STREHL INTENSITY; VECTOR DIFFRACTION THEORY; WOLF'S FORMULATION;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 0042539880     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0030-4018(96)00081-8     Document Type: Article

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