This paper provides a model for assessing the effects of polarising optics on the signals of
typical lidar systems, which is based on the description of the individual optical elements of …

The WFIRST-AFTA 2.37 m telescope will provide the opportunity to host a coronagraph for
the imaging and spectroscopy of planets and disks in the next decade. The telescope …

Over the past few years, we have developed a concept for an evolvable space telescope
(EST) that is assembled on orbit in three stages, growing from a 4× 12-m telescope in Stage …

In this paper we apply a vector representation of physical optics, sometimes called
polarization aberration theory to study image formation in astronomical telescopes and …

A new generation of telescopes with mirror diameters of 20 m or more, called extremely
large telescopes (ELTs), has the potential to provide unprecedented imaging and …

We propose a simplified method to calculate the optical spread function of a paradigmatic
system constituted by a pupil-lens with a line-shaped illumination ('line-spread-function') …

Conceptual architectures are now being developed to identify future directions for post
JWST large space telescope systems to operate in the UV Optical and near IR regions of the …

The contrast and angular resolution required to directly image and characterize mature
exoplanetary systems place stringent requirements on the space-based telescopes and …

The functional form of coating-induced polarization aberrations in EUV lithography systems
is evaluated through polarization ray tracing of an example 3× EUV scanner with state-of-the …

Just over two decades ago the first planet outside our solar system was found, and
thousands more have been discovered since. Nearly all these exoplanets were indirectly …