Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Part one Preview
- Part two Geometrical optics
- Part three Paraxial optics
- Part four Waves in homogeneous media
- Part five Wave propagation through lenses
- 17 Toward a wave theory of lenses
- 18 General propagation kernels
- 19 Paraxial wave propagation
- 20 The wave theory of image formation
- 21 Fourier optics
- Part six Aberrations
- Part seven Applications
- Appendix 1 Fourier transforms
- Appendix 2 Third order calculations
- Appendix 3 Ray tracing
- Appendix 4 Eikonals and the propagation kernels
- Appendix 5 Paraxial eikonals
- Appendix 6 Hints and problem solutions
- Bibliography
- Index
19 - Paraxial wave propagation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 September 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Part one Preview
- Part two Geometrical optics
- Part three Paraxial optics
- Part four Waves in homogeneous media
- Part five Wave propagation through lenses
- 17 Toward a wave theory of lenses
- 18 General propagation kernels
- 19 Paraxial wave propagation
- 20 The wave theory of image formation
- 21 Fourier optics
- Part six Aberrations
- Part seven Applications
- Appendix 1 Fourier transforms
- Appendix 2 Third order calculations
- Appendix 3 Ray tracing
- Appendix 4 Eikonals and the propagation kernels
- Appendix 5 Paraxial eikonals
- Appendix 6 Hints and problem solutions
- Bibliography
- Index
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- The Ray and Wave Theory of Lenses , pp. 188 - 195Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1995