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23 March 2024 Focusing of an aberrated radially polarized beam by microscope objectives
Rafael G. González-Acuña, Simon Thibault
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Abstract

A rigorous method is presented to compute the vector diffraction pattern of microscope objectives considering on-axis aberrated and radially polarized wavefronts. For that, the diffraction pattern of the microscope objective is computed considering the polarization and the wavefront at the exit pupil of the optical system. These computations do not assume that at the exit pupil of the microscope objective the wavefront is spherical but aberrated. Examples of real microscope objectives’ performance are presented.

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Rafael G. González-Acuña and Simon Thibault "Focusing of an aberrated radially polarized beam by microscope objectives," Optical Engineering 63(3), 035108 (23 March 2024). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.63.3.035108
Received: 28 November 2023; Accepted: 21 February 2024; Published: 23 March 2024
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KEYWORDS
Wavefronts

Microscopes

Diffraction

Wavefront aberrations

Objectives

Polarization

Spherical lenses

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