Exact calculation of the resolving power of an imaging system

Josep Ferre-Borrull; Salvador Bosch

doi:10.1117/12.530944

19 November 2003 Exact calculation of the resolving power of an imaging system

Josep Ferre-Borrull, Salvador Bosch

Proceedings Volume 4829, 19th Congress of the International Commission for Optics: Optics for the Quality of Life; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.530944
Event: 19th Congress of the International Commission for Optics: Optics for the Quality of Life, 2002, Florence, Italy

Abstract

We present the study of the resolving power of real optical systems in the light of new methods for the calculation of the expressions involved in the diffraction theory of aberrations. These new methods permit the exact calculation of the diffraction integrals, thus avoiding the inaccuracies of the usual approximations. We show the effect of the phase difference between the two point sources and of the plane of observation, in the resolution capabilities of an optical system composed by a lens and a circular aperture.

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Josep Ferre-Borrull and Salvador Bosch "Exact calculation of the resolving power of an imaging system", Proc. SPIE 4829, 19th Congress of the International Commission for Optics: Optics for the Quality of Life, (19 November 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.530944

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