Performance of a polarization-masked lens aperture in the presence of spherical aberration

DR Chowdhury, K Bhattacharya, S Sanyal… - Journal of Optics A …, 2001 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper suggests the possibility of partial compensation of spherical aberration with a
polarization-masked lens aperture. The principle is based on the fact that any pre-specified …

Tilted bilayer membranes as simple transmission quarter-wave retardation plates

RMA Azzam, FA Mahmoud - JOSA A, 2001 - opg.optica.org
A tilted bilayer membrane, which consists of two thin films of transparent optically isotropic
materials of different refractive indices, can function as a transmission quarter-wave retarder …

Fourth-and sixth-order polarization aberrations of antireflection-coated optical surfaces

RMA Azzam, MMK Howlader - Optics Letters, 2001 - opg.optica.org
For single-layer antireflection-coated (ARC) optical surfaces, the first five derivatives of
reflectance with respect to angle of incidence φ for the p and s polarizations are zero at …

Analyses of imaging performance degradation caused by birefringence residual in lens materials

Y Unno, A Suzuki - Optical Microlithography XIV, 2001 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Influences of birefringence residual in lens materials of projection optics used for
microlithography are investigated based on partially coherent imaging formula that has been …

Development of scene generation concepts for AEDC's 10-V chamber upgrade

HS Lowry III, WH Goethert, WT Bertrand… - … and Backgrounds VII …, 2001 - spiedigitallibrary.org
In order to provide multiple radiometrically characterizable targets for testing in Arnold
Engineering Development Center's (AEDC's) 10V chamber, an extension of current scene …