ANALYSIS OF THE IRRADIANCE ALONG DIFFERENT PATHS IN THE IMAGE SPACE USING THE WIGNER DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION

Authors
SAAVEDRA G FURLAN WD SILVESTRE E SICRE EE
Citation
G. Saavedra et al., ANALYSIS OF THE IRRADIANCE ALONG DIFFERENT PATHS IN THE IMAGE SPACE USING THE WIGNER DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION, Optics communications, 139(1-3), 1997, pp. 11-16
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00304018
Volume
139
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
11 - 16
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4018(1997)139:1-3<11:AOTIAD>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
The intensity distribution along different paths in the image space of an optical system is described in a two-dimensional phase-space domai n in terms of the Wigner distribution function. This approach is usefu l for an efficient analysis of the performance of optical imaging syst ems suffering from spherical aberration. The good performance of the m ethod is shown in some numerical simulations.