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Electromagnetic diffraction of light focused through a planar interface between materials of mismatched refractive indices: an integral representation

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The diffraction of electromagnetic waves for light focused by a high numerical aperture lens from a first material into a second material is treated. The second material has a different refractive index from that of the first material and introduces spherical aberration. We solve the diffraction problem for the case of a planar interface between two isotropic and homogeneous materials with this interface perpendicular to the optical axis. The solution is obtained in a rigorous mathematical manner, and it satisfies the homogeneous wave equation. The electric and magnetic strength vectors are determined in the second material. The solution is in a simple form that can be readily used for numerical computation. A physical interpretation of the results is given, and the paraxial approximation of the solution is derived.

© 1995 Optical Society of America

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P. Török, P. Varga, Z. Laczik, and G. R. Booker, "Electromagnetic diffraction of light focused through a planar interface between materials of mismatched refractive indices: an integral representation: errata," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 12, 1605-1605 (1995)
https://opg.optica.org/josaa/abstract.cfm?uri=josaa-12-7-1605

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