Abstract

The effect of symmetric and asymmetric aberrations on the phase of the optical transfer function is examined, and it is shown that abrupt phase jumps do not occur; in addition, an unambiguous method of presenting the phase of the transfer function is presented.

© 1965 Optical Society of America

Transfer Function of an Optical System in the Presence of Off-Axis Aberrations

Richard Barakat and Agnes Houston
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 55(9) 1142-1148 (1965)

Determination of the Optical Transfer Function Directly from the Edge Spread Function*

Richard Barakat
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 55(10) 1217-1221 (1965)

Transfer Function of an Annular Aperture in the Presence of Spherical Aberration

Richard Barakat and Agnes Houston
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 55(5) 538-541 (1965)

Line Spread and Edge Spread Functions in the Presence of Off-Axis Aberrations*

Richard Barakat and Agnes Houston
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 55(9) 1132-1135 (1965)

Comparative Analysis of Geometric vs Diffraction Heterochromatic Lens Evaluations using Optical Transfer Function Theory

Clarence P. Bray
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 55(9) 1136-1138 (1965)