The relation between the spherical aberration of a lens and the spun cusp diffraction catastrophe

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 95-102

  Nye, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caustic; Diffraction; Fraunhofer; Fresnel; Optical vortices; Pearcey; Singularity optics; Spun cusp; Wave dislocations

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; ANISOTROPY; DIFFRACTION; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

CAUSTIC; FRAUNHOFER; FRESNEL; OPTICS VOTICES; PEARCEY PATTERNS; SINGULARITY OPTICS; SPUN CUSP DIFFRACTION; WAVE DISLOCATIONS;

LENSES;

EID: 14844304316     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/7/3/001     Document Type: Article

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