Sagittal and tangential foci produced by tilted plane wavefronts refracted through simple lenses

Maximino Avendaño-Alejo, Edwin Román-Hernández, Gabriel Castillo-Santiago, Jesús Delolmo-Márquez, Luis Castañeda

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Abstract

We study the formation of caustic and wavefront surfaces produced by a tilted plane wavefront propagating through spherical positive lenses. The shape of the caustic surface is a function of the indices of refraction, the geometrical parameters of the lens involved in the process of refraction, and the obliquity angle with respect to the optical axis, as we expect. We provide exact and approximate analytic equations for tangential and sagittal focal surfaces and also for Petzval field curvature considering arbitrary lenses.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5959-5967
Number of pages9
JournalApplied Optics
Volume58
Issue number22
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Aug 2019

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