Abstract

The influence of a radially symmetric sinusoidal aberration function on the behavior of the transfer function is studied. It is shown that the main effect of the sinusoidal wavefront is manifest in the low frequency region of the transfer function with a rapid drop in contrast. The transfer function is computed via the sampling theorem for some typical situations. Finally, it is shown that when the wavefront is crinkly there is no coupling between the superposed wavefront and the wavefront owing to the natural aberrations of the optical system.

© 1966 Optical Society of America

Effect of a Turbulent Medium on the Power Pattern of a Wavefront-Tracking Circular Aperture*

G. R. Heidbreder and R. L. Mitchell
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 56(12) 1677-1684 (1966)

The Relations Between the Axial Aberrations of Photographic Lenses and Their Optical Transfer Functions

K. Rosenhauer, K.-J. Rosenbruch, and F.-A. Sunder-Plassmann
Appl. Opt. 5(3) 415-420 (1966)

Reciprocity Relations between the Transfer Function and Total Illuminance. I

Richard Barakat and Agnes Houston
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 53(11) 1244-1249 (1963)

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Richard Barakat
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 52(9) 985-991 (1962)

Two Methods of Measuring Optical Transfer Functions with an Interferometer*†

Anthony J. Montgomery
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 56(5) 624-629 (1966)