POLARIZATION ABERRATIONS .2. TILTED AND DECENTERED OPTICAL-SYSTEMS

In paper 1 [Appl. Opt. 33, this issue (1994)] we examined the polariza tion aberrations of rotationally symmetric systems. In this paper we e xtend polarization-aberrration theory to include two types of tilted a nd decentered systems composed of rotationally symmetric elements. One type is systems with collinear centers of curvatures but with decente red pupils. The symmetry in such systems permits the analysis to proce ed along lines similar to those in paper 1. The other type is systems with arbitrary tilts and decenters. In these systems the field depende ncies of the aberrations from each surface are not concentric. The ext ension is made by use of a polarization-aberration matrix with vector, instead of scalar, arguments.