Chapter 1. GREEN'S FUNCTION AND LINEAR THEORY |
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1-1 Linear second-order differential operators |
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1 | (2) |
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1-2 Self-adjoint operators |
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3 | (2) |
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1-3 Nonself-adjoint operators |
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5 | (1) |
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1-4 The inhomogeneous equation |
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5 | (1) |
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1-5 Determination of the Green's function |
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6 | (4) |
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1-6 The principle of linear superposition in optical image formation |
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10 | (3) |
Chapter 2. SPATIAL VERSUS TIME FILTERS |
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13 | (2) |
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2-2 Classification of input signals |
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15 | (2) |
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17 | (3) |
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2-4 Optical spatial filters |
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20 | (2) |
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2-5 The optical contrast transfer function |
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22 | (3) |
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2-6 An idealized illustration |
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25 | (2) |
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27 | (3) |
Chapter 3. INTRODUCTION TO GEOMETRICAL OPTICS |
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3-1 Fermat's principle and Snell's law of refraction |
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30 | (2) |
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32 | (1) |
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32 | (2) |
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34 | (2) |
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3-5 Paraxial approximation |
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36 | (1) |
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37 | (1) |
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38 | (2) |
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40 | (6) |
Chapter 4. THE GEOMETRICAL THEORY OF ABERRATIONS |
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4-1 Wave aberration function |
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46 | (1) |
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4-2 Geometrical versus physical optics |
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47 | (2) |
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4-3 Equations for the ray intercepts |
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49 | (9) |
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4-4 Optimum balancing of third- and fifth-order spherical aberrations |
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58 | (4) |
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4-5 The Marechal method of aberration balancing |
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62 | (4) |
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4-6 An illustration, a single reflecting surface |
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66 | (2) |
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68 | (2) |
Chapter 5. DIFFRACTION THEORY OF IMAGE FORMATION |
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5-1 General considerations |
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70 | (2) |
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5-2 Basic diffraction problem |
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72 | (3) |
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5-3 Equations governing image formation |
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75 | (4) |
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5-4 Diffraction by a slit |
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79 | (1) |
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5-5 The Michelson stellar interferometer |
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80 | (3) |
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5-6 Diffraction by a circular aperture |
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83 | (3) |
Chapter 6. ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS |
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6-1 General considerations |
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86 | (1) |
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87 | (2) |
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6-3 Amplitude and phase variations in one dimension |
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89 | (6) |
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6-4 Amplitude and phase variations in two dimensions |
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95 | (4) |
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99 | (2) |
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6-6 The synthesis problem, coherent illumination |
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101 | (4) |
Chapter 7. STATISTICAL METHODS |
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105 | (4) |
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7-2 Further statistical considerations; graininess and granularity |
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109 | (4) |
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113 | (2) |
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7-4 Overlapping circular grain model |
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115 | (7) |
Chapter 8. MATRIX AND COHERENCE THEORY |
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8-1 Introduction: Wolf's mutual coherence function |
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122 | (2) |
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124 | (3) |
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127 | (6) |
Chapter 9. THE THEORY OF PARTIAL POLARIZATION |
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133 | (2) |
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135 | (2) |
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9-3 The coherency matrix formalism |
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137 | (5) |
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9-4 The Stokes parameters and the Mueller method |
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142 | (4) |
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146 | (11) |
Appendix A. FOURIER-BESSEL SERIES AND INTEGRALS |
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157 | (2) |
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159 | (1) |
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A-3 Fourier theory in two dimensions |
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160 | (1) |
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A-4 The convolution theorem |
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161 | (2) |
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163 | (3) |
Appendix B. PROBABILITY AND ENTROPY THEORY |
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B-1 The binomial, Poisson, and normal distributions |
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166 | (1) |
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B-2 The concept of entropy |
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167 | (5) |
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B-3 The illumination matrix in the coherent limit |
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172 | (5) |
INDEX |
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