Polychromatic intensity point spread function of a birefringent lens

S Mandal, A Ghosh - Optik, 2012 - Elsevier
We study the intensity point spread function (IPSF) of a uniaxial birefringent lens
sandwiched between two linear polarizers under broadband illumination having flat-top …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Point-spread function for a rotationally symmetric birefringent lens

Y Unno - JOSA A, 2002 - opg.optica.org
Imaging properties of a birefringent lens, in which the fast (or the slow) axis is distributed in
the radial direction whereas magnitude of birefringence varies as a quadratic function of the …

High focal depth with a quasi-bifocus birefringent lens

S Sanyal, A Ghosh - Applied optics, 2000 - opg.optica.org
The Strehl definition along the axis of a birefringent lens sandwiched between two polarizers
is studied analytically. The optic axis of the birefringent lens made of a uniaxial crystal is …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Frequency response characteristics of a birefringent lens

S Sanyal, A Ghosh - Optical Engineering, 2002 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The diffraction-based optical frequency response characteristic of a birefringent crystal lens
sandwiched between two linear polarizers has been studied analytically using the …