Abstract

The diffracted light distribution in the image of an illuminated annulus formed by a perfect lens has been calculated numerically. These figures have been applied to obtain the drop in intensity at the center of the image at the resolution threshold.

© 1955 Optical Society of America

Studies on the Image Formed by Lenses. I. On the Characteristics of an Image and Their Quantitative Representation*

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