[OPTICAL REVIEW Vol. 20, No. 2 (2013) 160-162]
© 2013 The Japan Society of Applied Physics
Point Spread Aberration Structure in Case of Optical Elements Decentering
Elena ERMOLAEVA1, Elena RYTOVA2, Irina TIMOSHTUK2, and Victor ZVEREV2
1Lab of Computer-Aided Design of Opto-Information and Energy Saving Systems, National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics, Saint Petersburg, 197101, Russia
2Department of Applied and Computer Optics, National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics, Saint Petersburg, 197101, Russia
(Received August 25, 2012; Accepted November 16, 2012)
Elements decentering and tilting in an axisymmetric optical system breaks this symmetry and the casual aberrations in the image plane look different. Study of the character and value of the decentering influence on the optical system image quality is presented.
Key words: optical design, axisymmetric optical system, PSF, aberrations, optical elements, decentering