Tunable focal depth of an apodized focusing optical system

Xiumin Gao; Zhou Fei; Feng Zhang; Jintao Yang; Wendong Xu; Fuxi Gan

doi:10.1117/1.1928282

1 June 2005 Tunable focal depth of an apodized focusing optical system

Xiumin Gao, Zhou Fei, Feng Zhang, Jintao Yang, Wendong Xu, Fuxi Gan

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 44, Issue 6, 063001 (June 2005). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.1928282

Abstract

The axial intensity distribution and focal depth of an apodized focusing optical system are theoretically investigated with two kinds of incident light fields: a uniform-intensity-distribution beam and a Gaussian beam. Both a low-numerical-aperture and a high-numerical-aperture optical system are considered. Numerical results show that the depth of focus can be adjusted by changing the geometrical parameters and transmissivity of the apodizer in the focusing optical system. When a Gaussian beam is employed as the incident beam, the waist width also affects the depth of focus. The tunable range of the focal depth is very considerable.

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Xiumin Gao, Zhou Fei, Feng Zhang, Jintao Yang, Wendong Xu, and Fuxi Gan "Tunable focal depth of an apodized focusing optical system," Optical Engineering 44(6), 063001 (1 June 2005). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.1928282

Published: 1 June 2005

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