Arbitrarily high focal depth with finite apertures

We modify the concept of superresolution for achieving arbitrarily extended focal depth with a finite aperture. The Legendre polynomials are used for designing a novel apodizer that produces arbitrarily high depth of focus. This kind of apodizer can also arbitrarily reduce the sensitivity to spheric...

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Published in:Optics letters 1988-03, Vol.13 (3), p.183-185
Main Authors: OJEDA-CASTANEDA, J, BERRIEL VALDOS, L. R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Exact sciences and technology
Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications)
Imaging and optical processing
Optics
Physics
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Summary:We modify the concept of superresolution for achieving arbitrarily extended focal depth with a finite aperture. The Legendre polynomials are used for designing a novel apodizer that produces arbitrarily high depth of focus. This kind of apodizer can also arbitrarily reduce the sensitivity to spherical aberration. Since these benefits are achieved at the expense of light throughput, we report on a formula for evaluating light throughput of this kind of filter.
ISSN:0146-9592
1539-4794
DOI:10.1364/OL.13.000183