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Wave propagation in optical systems

Eero Byckling

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PhysicsAcoustics and UltrasonicsWave propagationbusiness.industryMathematical analysisLight waveCondensed Matter PhysicsSpace (mathematics)Surfaces Coatings and FilmsElectronic Optical and Magnetic MaterialsIntensity (physics)Image (mathematics)Distribution (mathematics)OpticsStationary phaseMonochromatic colorbusiness

description

The intensity distribution in the image space of an optical system, due to an arbitrary object, is calculated by solving the problem of the propagation of a monochromatic light wave through the system. The system is assumed to be cylindrically symmetric with an arbitrary number of spherical surfaces. Analytic techniques based on the principle of stationary phase are used, and several advantages over ray-tracing techniques are obtained.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
1974-04-11Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/7/6/310