Extended Nijboer-Zernike representation of the vector field in the focal region of an aberrated high-aperture optical system

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

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2281-2292

  Braat, Joseph J M ^a   Dirksen, Peter ^b   Janssen, Augustus J E M ^b   Van De Nes, Arthur S ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; BIREFRINGENCE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; POLYNOMIALS; RADIOMETRY; VECTORS;

FOCAL REGION; HIGH NUMERICAL APERTURE OPTICAL SYSTEM; ZERNIKE POLYNOMIALS;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0347024820     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.20.002281     Document Type: Article

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