Focal shift, optical transfer function, and phase-space representations
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Focal shift, optical transfer function, and phase-space representations.
The focal shift for a lens of finite value of Fresnel number can be defined in terms of the second moment of the intensity distribution in transverse planes. The connection with the optical transfer function is described. The specification of the focused amplitude in terms of the fractional Fourier transform is discussed, and the connections among the fractional Fourier transform, the Wigner di...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Optical Society of America A
سال: 2000
ISSN: 1084-7529,1520-8532
DOI: 10.1364/josaa.17.000772