Analysis of focus distortion based on birefringence

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 982-987

  Gajd́tsy, Ǵbor ^a   Erdélyi, Miklós ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Focusing

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; BIREFRINGENCE; DISTORTION (WAVES); LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; RAY TRACING;

FOCUS DISTORTION; FOCUS DUPLICATION; LINEARLY POLARIZED;

FOCUSING;

EID: 35648985688     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: 17413567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/9/11/003     Document Type: Article

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