Calculation of modulation transfer function of an optical system by using skew ray tracing

Transactions of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 429-442

  Tseng, Kuo Hwa ^a   Kung, Chieh ^a   Liao, Te Tan ^a   Chang, Hao Peng ^b  

^a FAR EAST UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Modulation transfer function; Skew ray tracing; Spot diagram

Indexed keywords

LINEAR TRANSFORMATIONS; MODULATION; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; RAY TRACING;

HOMOGENEOUS COORDINATE TRANSFORMATIONS; IMAGE PLANE; INTERMEDIATE IMAGE; LIGHT RAYS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; SKEW RAY TRACING; SNELL'S LAW; SPOT DIAGRAM;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 77955784593     PISSN: 03158977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/tcsme-2009-0030     Document Type: Article

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