Lecture 24 Notes: Effect of Aberrations on the Performance of Imaging Systems
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Consider again our systems view of the diffraction effects on an optical imaging system as depicted in Fig. 1. In our earlier discussion we had considered ideal, diffraction-limited optical systems that convert spherical waves incident on the entrance pupil originating at object position (xo, yo) into spherical waves leaving the exit pupil focused on image position (Mxo,Myo).
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