Size-dependent flare and its effect on imaging

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5040 I, Issue , 2003, Pages 24-32

  Renwick, Stephen P ^a   Slonaker, Steven D ^a   Ogata, Taro ^b  

^a NIKON PRECISION INC   (United States)

^b NIKON CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aerial image; Contrast; Flare; Length; Range; Scatter

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; OPTICAL TESTING;

AERIAL IMAGE; SIZE-DEPENDENT FLARE;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 0141499083     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.485441     Document Type: Conference Paper

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