Comparing the extended depth-of-field imaging performance of spherical aberration and asymmetric wavefront coding
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We compare the image quality between asymmetric wavefront codings and the simpleto-manufacture spherical aberration over an extended focal range. We verify and explain the superior performance of the spherical aberration via simulation results. c © 2009 Optical Society of America OCIS codes: (060.2320) Fiber optics amplifiers and oscillators; (060.4510) Optical communications
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