f/No. and the radiometry of image forming optical systems with non-circular aperture stops

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5867, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-10

  Siew, Ronian H ^a  

^a Singapore   (Singapore)

Author keywords

F Number; Imaging; Irradiance; Optical Systems; Radiometry; Relative Illumination

Indexed keywords

ILLUMINATING ENGINEERING; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; IRRADIATION; OPTICS; RADIOMETRY;

F-NUMBER; IRRADIANCE; NON-CIRCULAR APERTURE; RELATIVE ILLUMINATION;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 29144505299     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.611564     Document Type: Conference Paper

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