TY - JOUR
T1 - Polarization aberration effects propagated in optical systems
AU - Shamir, Joseph
AU - Chipman, Russell A.
PY - 1991/2/1
Y1 - 1991/2/1
N2 - The propagation and imaging of polarized light through optical systems described by a polarization aberration expansion is treated by combining a scalar operator calculus with the Jones calculus. The martrix-operator framework provides a means for handling diffraction and propagation in optical systems containing polarization aberrations. An expansion for the polarization aberration function of an optical system, similar to the expansion of the wavefront aberration function into defocus, tilt, piston, and higher-order terms, is analysed. These polarization aberration terms introduce phase changes in the diffraction image proportional to the first and second derivatives of the non-polarization aberrated image structure.
AB - The propagation and imaging of polarized light through optical systems described by a polarization aberration expansion is treated by combining a scalar operator calculus with the Jones calculus. The martrix-operator framework provides a means for handling diffraction and propagation in optical systems containing polarization aberrations. An expansion for the polarization aberration function of an optical system, similar to the expansion of the wavefront aberration function into defocus, tilt, piston, and higher-order terms, is analysed. These polarization aberration terms introduce phase changes in the diffraction image proportional to the first and second derivatives of the non-polarization aberrated image structure.
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U2 - 10.1080/09500349114550351
DO - 10.1080/09500349114550351
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84947397802
VL - 38
SP - 327
EP - 347
JO - Journal of Modern Optics
JF - Journal of Modern Optics
SN - 0950-0340
IS - 2
ER -