Abstract

A merit function suggested by Lenskii has been generalized to make it applicable to optical systems with noncircular and/or partially obscured apertures. An independent derivation makes clear the relation between Lenskii's merit function and one due to Hopkins. A slight modification of the merit function relates it more accurately to the MTF.

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Use of the Modulation-Transfer Function (MTF) as an Aberration-Balancing Merit Function in Automatic Lens Design

William B. King
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 59(9) 1155-1158 (1969)

An Intensity MTF Theory for Coherent Imaging

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Maximum Attainable MTF for Rotationally Symmetric Lens Systems

B. Roy Frieden
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Leo Levi
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MTF of a Gap*

Edward Speyer
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 59(10) 1322-1324 (1969)