Mean focal length of an aberrated lens

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1403-1409

  Mafusire, Cosmas ^a,b   Forbes, Andrew ^a,b  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAUSSIAN BEAMS;

ABERRATED LENS; CLOSED FORM SOLUTIONS; DEFOCUS; FOCAL LENGTHS; SPHERICAL ABERRATIONS; THEORETICAL RESULT;

FOCUSING;

EID: 79960007077     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.28.001403     Document Type: Article

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