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Space‐variant aberrations: Differential operator
Author(s) -
OjedaCastañeda J.,
Ibarra J.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.4650030803
Subject(s) - differential operator , operator (biology) , eigenfunction , differential (mechanical device) , pseudo differential operator , space (punctuation) , diffraction , optics , mathematics , physics , mathematical analysis , semi elliptic operator , computer science , hypoelliptic operator , quantum mechanics , biology , biochemistry , eigenvalues and eigenvectors , operating system , repressor , transcription factor , gene , thermodynamics
A differential operator describes the influence of space‐variant aberrations on a diffraction‐limited image, formed under coherent illumination. To illustrate our general treatment, the Talbot effect for space‐variant defocus is discussed in terms of the eigenfunctions of the differential operator.