Abstract

A simple shadowgraph is used to measure the square wave response of a lens system from its computed spot diagrams. Some fundamental aberrations are studied. Images of a silhouette test object are synthesized and compared to those produced by the lens system itself.

© 1958 Optical Society of America

Automatic Data Reduction of Spot Diagram Information

W. E. Goetz and N. J. Woodland
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 48(12) 965-968 (1958)

Measurement and Analysis of the Distribution of Energy in Optical Images*

R. L. Lamberts, G. C. Higgins, and R. N. Wolfe
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 48(7) 487-490 (1958)

Image Evaluation by Spot Diagram Using A Computer

Kenro Miyamoto
Appl. Opt. 2(12) 1247-1250 (1963)

Relationship between the Sine-Wave Response and the Distribution of Energy in the Optical Image of a Line*

Robert L. Lamberts
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 48(7) 490-495 (1958)

Spatial Frequency Response of Certain Photographic Emulsions*†

James A. Eyer
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 48(12) 938-944 (1958)