Abstract

We present a direct method based on the sampling theorem for computing eigenwavefronts associated with linear space-invariant imaging systems (including aberrated imaging systems). A potential application of the eigenwavefronts to inverse problems in imaging is discussed. A noise-dependent measure for the information-carrying capacity of an imaging system is also proposed.

© 2005 Optical Society of America

Sampling approach for singular system computation of a radiation operator

Raffaele Solimene, Maria Antonia Maisto, and Rocco Pierri
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 36(3) 353-361 (2019)

Extended Nijboer–Zernike approach to aberration and birefringence retrieval in a high-numerical-aperture optical system

Joseph J.M. Braat, Peter Dirksen, Augustus J.E.M. Janssen, Sven van Haver, and Arthur S. van de Nes
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 22(12) 2635-2650 (2005)

Statistical properties of color-signal spaces

Reiner Lenz and Thanh Hai Bui
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 22(5) 820-827 (2005)

Generalized prolate spheroidal wave functions for optical finite fractional Fourier and linear canonical transforms

Soo-Chang Pei and Jian-Jiun Ding
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 22(3) 460-474 (2005)

Electromagnetic degrees of freedom of an optical system

Rafael Piestun and David A. B. Miller
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 17(5) 892-902 (2000)