Ray-based method for simulating cascaded diffraction in high-numerical-aperture systems

Title

Ray-based method for simulating cascaded diffraction in high-numerical-aperture systems

 Author

Mout, B.M. (TU Delft ImPhys/Optics; Carl Zeiss)
Flesch, Andreas (Carl Zeiss)
Wick, Michael (Coburg University of Applied Sciences)
Bociort, F. (TU Delft ImPhys/Optics)
Petschulat, Joerg (Carl Zeiss)
Urbach, Paul (TU Delft ImPhys/Optics)

Date

2018-08-01

 Abstract

The electric field at the output of an optical system is in general affected by both aberrations and diffraction. Many simulation techniques treat the two phenomena separately, using a geometrical propagator to calculate the effects of aberrations and a wave-optical propagator to simulate the effects of diffraction. We present a ray-based simulation method that accounts for the effects of both aberrations and diffraction within a single framework. The method is based on the Huygens–Fresnel principle, is entirely performed using Monte Carlo ray tracing, and, in contrast to our previously published work, is able to calculate the full electromagnetic field. The method can simulate the effects of multiple diffraction in systems with a high numerical aperture.


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 DOI

https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.35.001356

 Embargo date

2019-08-08

 ISSN

1084-7529

 Source

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision, 35 (8), 1356-1367

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 Document type

journal article

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© 2018 B.M. Mout, Andreas Flesch, Michael Wick, F. Bociort, Joerg Petschulat, Paul Urbach
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