Abstract
A generalized nonparaxial theoretical framework based on the scalar diffraction theory is developed to describe the propagation of an optical field through a linear optical system with quasi-monochromatic spatially incoherent illumination. Software implementation of this theoretical framework on single and multiple processor platforms was developed and simulated results of the imaging process through optical aberration-corrected optics are presented for both in-focus and out-of-focus imaging, validating the first-order nonparaxial model.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1561-1567 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Optical Engineering |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 2004 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- General Engineering