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http://dx.doi.org/10.3807/KJOP.2012.23.1.001

A Study for Non-paraxial Diffraction Caused by Curved Principal Planes  

Lee, Jong Ung (Department of Laser and Optical Information Engineering, Cheongju University)
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Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics / v.23, no.1, 2012 , pp. 1-5 More about this Journal
Abstract
According to the paraxial diffraction theory, diffractions of optical systems which have the same wavelength and numerical aperture are always the same, independent of lateral magnification. But the diffractions for optical systems with different magnifications are varied due to the non-paraxial diffraction effect on the imaging of high NA optics. In this study, the non-paraxial diffraction effect is interpreted as a phenomena caused by curved principal planes. Pupil functions and modulation transfer functions of aplanatic conic mirrors are examined as a function of lateral magnification.
Keywords
Non-paraxial diffraction; Flux conservation; High numerical aperture; Pupil function; Optical transfer function;
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