The field-of-view dependence of polarizing beam-splitter cubes has been studied to
characterize their behavior in imaging systems such as optical computers and optical …

The polarization in isotropic radially symmetric lens and mirror systems in the paraxial
approximation is examined. Polarized aberrations are variations in the phase, amplitude …

Adaptive optics normally concerns the feedback correction of phase aberrations. Such
correction has been of benefit in various optical systems, with applications ranging in scale …

Context. Next-generation large segmented mirror telescopes are expected to perform direct
imaging and characterization of Earth-like rocky planets, which requires contrast limits of …

Polarization gratings are nondepolarizing polarization elements that alter the polarization
state of the transmitted light in a periodic way, yielding a polarization-dependent diffraction …

This paper is the first in a series that will examine image formation in optical systems with
polarization aberrations. The present paper derives the point-spread function (PSF) and the …

Calculations on lens systems are often marred by the unjustifiable use of the small-angle
approximation. This book describes in detail how the ray and wave pictures of lens …

A technique to measure linear diattenuation and retardance spectra of infrared materials in
transmission is described. A sample is rotated between two stationary linear polarizers in the …

Jones-matrix optical coherence tomography (JM-OCT) is an extension of polarization-
sensitive OCT, which provides multiple types of optical contrasts of biological and clinical …

We present a technique to model the instrumental polarization in the focal plane of a
telescope. It takes into account that different rays of an incoming beam suffer different …