Control of the focal depth by annular phase-only pupil filters

Xiaofeng Zhao; Changqing Liu; Chuanxun Hou; Yinpeng Wei; Zhili Zhang

doi:10.1117/12.2284393

24 October 2017 Control of the focal depth by annular phase-only pupil filters

Xiaofeng Zhao, Changqing Liu, Chuanxun Hou, Yinpeng Wei, Zhili Zhang

Proceedings Volume 10462, AOPC 2017: Optical Sensing and Imaging Technology and Applications; 1046228 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2284393
Event: Applied Optics and Photonics China (AOPC2017), 2017, Beijing, China

Abstract

The general scalar diffractive theory for Gaussian beam has been investigated. The two-zone and three-zone annular phase-only pupil filters are adopted to provide specific numerical descriptions of improvement of DOF, respectively. The simulated results show that the annular phase-only pupil filters can be used to control the DOF of the optical system. For the well designed filters they can help improve the DOF in the axial direction and increase the resolution in the transverse direction, simultaneously. However, the Strehl ratio of the optical system maybe decline and the side-lobe to peak intensity ratio will increase with the improvement of the DOF which is hard for the optical imaging. Comparison results show that the two kinds of three-zone annular phase-only pupils have the same impact on the control of the light intensity distribution.

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Xiaofeng Zhao, Changqing Liu, Chuanxun Hou, Yinpeng Wei, and Zhili Zhang "Control of the focal depth by annular phase-only pupil filters", Proc. SPIE 10462, AOPC 2017: Optical Sensing and Imaging Technology and Applications, 1046228 (24 October 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2284393

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