An experiment to study the structure of the focal volume in apertured focusing systems

Authors
Martinez-Corral, M Munoz-Escriva, L Pons, A Caballero, MT
Citation
M. Martinez-corral et al., An experiment to study the structure of the focal volume in apertured focusing systems, EUR J PHYS, 22(4), 2001, pp. 361-369
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS
ISSN journal
01430807 → ACNP
Volume
22
Issue
4
Year of publication
2001
Pages
361 - 369
Database
ISI
SICI code
0143-0807(200107)22:4<361:AETSTS>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
We present a simple experiment, specifically designed for students of under graduate optics courses, where the influence of an aperture stop position o n the three-dimensional structure of the focal volume of focusing systems i s studied. The experiment, which involves only simple optical elements, per mits an undergraduate student to generate different focal structures by sim ply axially displacing the aperture stop.