High Tolerance to Spherical Aberrations and Defects of Focus with a Birefringent Lens
Applied Optics, Vol. 41, Issue 22, pp. 4611-4619 (2002)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.41.004611
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Abstract
We report a systematic investigation of the imaging behavior of an optical system consisting of a lens from a uniaxial birefringent crystal sandwiched between two linear polarizers into which primary spherical aberration has been introduced. The proposed system has higher tolerance to primary spherical aberration and has a larger depth of focus than an imaging system found with an isotropic lens. Some specific cases are computed and illustrated graphically.
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OCIS Codes
(110.0110) Imaging systems : Imaging systems
(220.0220) Optical design and fabrication : Optical design and fabrication
(260.1440) Physical optics : Birefringence
(260.5430) Physical optics : Polarization
Citation
Sucharita Sanyal and Ajay Ghosh, "High Tolerance to Spherical Aberrations and Defects of Focus with a Birefringent Lens," Appl. Opt. 41, 4611-4619 (2002)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-41-22-4611
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