Abstract

Two criteria of focusing in a rotationally symmetric optical system, the focal-amplification ratio and the encircled-energy factor, are expressed by the integrals of the optical transfer function, thus providing a simple relation between these two types of characteristics. The approximation of the optical transfer function of diffractive lenses is made possible on the basis of this relation, as is an estimation of the effect of certain apodizers on the image quality.

© 1994 Optical Society of America

The Modulation Transfer Function of an Optical System with a Rotationally Symmetric Circle of Confusion

J. R. Jenness
Appl. Opt. 5(3) 421-423 (1966)

Polarization aberrations. 1. Rotationally symmetric optical systems

James P. McGuire and Russell A. Chipman
Appl. Opt. 33(22) 5080-5100 (1994)

Intensity and resolution at the diffraction focus of optical systems with rotationally symmetric aberration functions

Claudio Rivolta
Appl. Opt. 31(22) 4444-4452 (1992)

Computation of the Transfer Function of an Optical System from the Design Data for Rotationally Symmetric Aberrations. Part I. Theory

Richard Barakat
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 52(9) 985-991 (1962)

Computation of the Transfer Function of an Optical System from the Design Data for Rotationally Symmetric Aberrations. Part II. Programming and Numerical Results

Richard Barakat and Marie V. Morello
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 52(9) 992-997 (1962)