%0 Journal Article
%A Piquero Sanz, Gemma María
%A Mejías Arias, Pedro Miguel
%A Martínez Herrero, María Rosario
%T Generalized ABCD matrix of thin pure-phase transmittances: Application to thick spherically-aberrated lenses
%D 1997
%@ 0030-4026
%U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/58848
%X The behaviour of thin pure phase transmittances is represented by means of a generalized matrix, M, which can be handled as the ABCD-matrices associated with ordinary first-order optical systems. This formalism enables the application of generalized ABCD propagation formulae to cascaded optical systems containing pure phase transmittances. Matrix M is applied to thin and thick spherically aberrated lenses. In addition, the beam quality parameter of an incident Gaussian beam at the output plane of such lenses is investigated.
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