Calculation of the modulation transfer function for object brightness distribution function oriented along any direction in axis-symmetrical optical systems

Applied Optics

Volumn 50, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 2759-2772

  Lin, Psang Dain ^a   Wu, Wei ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; LUMINANCE; MODULATION; PHASE SHIFT; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

BRIGHTNESS DISTRIBUTION; DECREASING FUNCTIONS; GRID SIZE; OFF-AXIS SOURCES; TO EFFECT;

OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION;

EID: 79958777460     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.50.002759     Document Type: Article

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