TY - JOUR
T1 - Caustics in a meridional plane produced by plano-convex conic lenses
AU - Avendaño-Alejo, Maximino
AU - González-Utrera, Dulce
AU - Castañeda, Luis
PY - 2011/12/1
Y1 - 2011/12/1
N2 - We study the formation of caustic surfaces formed in both convex-plano and plano-convex conic lenses by considering a plane wave incident on the lens along the optical axis. By using the caustic formulas and a paraxial approximation, we derive analytic expressions to evaluate the spherical aberration to the third order, and a formula to reduce this aberration is provided. Furthermore, we apply the formulas to evaluate the circle of least confusion for a positive lens as a function of all parameters involved in the process of refraction through the conic lenses.
AB - We study the formation of caustic surfaces formed in both convex-plano and plano-convex conic lenses by considering a plane wave incident on the lens along the optical axis. By using the caustic formulas and a paraxial approximation, we derive analytic expressions to evaluate the spherical aberration to the third order, and a formula to reduce this aberration is provided. Furthermore, we apply the formulas to evaluate the circle of least confusion for a positive lens as a function of all parameters involved in the process of refraction through the conic lenses.
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U2 - 10.1364/JOSAA.28.002619
DO - 10.1364/JOSAA.28.002619
M3 - Artículo
SN - 1084-7529
VL - 28
SP - 2619
EP - 2628
JO - Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision
JF - Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision
IS - 12
ER -