High tolerance to off-axis aberrations with a birefringent lens

S Sanyal, Y Kawata, S Mandal, A Ghosh - Optical Engineering, 2004 - spiedigitallibrary.org
We report a systematic investigation on the imaging behavior of an optical system consisting
of a lens made of a uniaxial birefringent crystal sandwiched between two linear polarizers …

High tolerance to spherical aberrations and defects of focus with a birefringent lens

S Sanyal, A Ghosh - Applied optics, 2002 - opg.optica.org
We report a systematic investigation of the imaging behavior of an optical system consisting
of a lens from a uniaxial birefringent crystal sandwiched between two linear polarizers into …

The effect of broadband illumination on the imaging characteristics of a birefringent lens suffering from primary spherical aberration

S Mandal, A Ghosh - Journal of Optics, 2011 - Springer
This report forms a part of the systematic investigation on the imaging behaviour of an
optical system consisting of a lens made of a uniaxial birefringent crystal sandwiched …

Frequency response characteristics of a birefringent lens with off-axis aberrations

S Sanyal, Y Kawata, A Ghosh, S Mandal - Applied optics, 2004 - opg.optica.org
We report the frequency response characteristics of an optical system consisting of a lens
made of a uniaxial birefringent crystal sandwiched between two linear polarizers; the lens …

Imaging characteristics of a birefringent lens under broadband illumination

S Mandal, S Sanyal, A Ghosh - Optik, 2007 - Elsevier
This paper reports the imaging characteristics of an optical system consisting of a lens made
of a uniaxial birefringent crystal sandwiched between two linear polarizers under …

Image assessment of a birefringent lens based on the factor of encircled energy

S Sanyal, A Ghosh - Optical Engineering, 2003 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The factor of encircled energy (FEE) in the diffraction pattern formed by an optical system
consisting of an aberration-free birefringent lens sandwiched between two linear polarizers …

Light Throughput of a Birefringent Lens a: Comparative Study

S Sanyal, A Ghosh - Journal of Optics, 2001 - Springer
This report forms a part of the systematic investigation on the imaging behaviour of a
birefringent lens sandwiched between two linear polarizers. Since an appreciable amount of …

Evaluation of polychromatic image quality of a birefringent lens by means of optical transfer function

S Mandal - Optik, 2014 - Elsevier
Polychromatic or white-light optical transfer function (OTF) is put forward as a criterion to
evaluate the performance of a uniaxial birefringent lens sandwiched between two linear …

Imaging characteristics of a birefringent lens

AK Chakraborty, S Das, DK Basu… - … for Optical Systems II, 1990 - spiedigitallibrary.org
In the present paper we discuss the imaging qualities of a birefringent lens. The
transmittance of such a lens, sandwiched between two polarizers, varies radially. The fact …

Imaging behaviour of a birefringent lens suffering from primary coma

S Sanyal, A Ghosh - Journal of Optics, 2000 - Springer
The imaging characteristics of an optical system consisting of a lens made of a birefringent
material sandwiched between two polarizers are studied analytically. The birefringent lens …