Transformation of Reference Spheres by an Aberration Free and Infinitely Large Optical System in the Fresnel Approximation

Author: Jó zacute wicki R.¹

Source: Journal of Modern Optics, Volume 29, Number 10, October 1982 , pp. 1383-1393(11)

Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd

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Abstract:

Imaging of a complex distribution by a thin lens is studied and generalized by analysing the imaging process of a complex distribution defined on an off-axis object sphere in an optical system. First, imaging of an object in an elementary system is considered, and then the considerations for the system being a combination of the elementary systems are presented. The general rule of reference spheres transformation is introduced. It is shown that complex distributions given on an off-axis object sphere are fully reconstructed on an image sphere of the system with a change of scale only. The relations between the parameters of the object and image spheres are determined. Some examples of the applications of the transforming rule are given.

Document Type: Research article

Affiliations: 1: Institute of Precision and Optical Instruments Design, Warsaw Technical University, 8 Chodkiewicza Str., 02-525 Warsaw, Poland

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