Line spread function formulation proposed by W. H. Steel: A revision

A revised formulation of the image Light distribution of an incoherent line source proposed by Steel [Rev. Opt. 31, 334-340 (1952)] is presented. Analytical and numerical results based on this new representation are given. We explicitly show that a major error in Steel's final expression genera...

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Authors: Manzanares Ituarte, Ana, Calvo Padilla, María Luisa, Chevalier Del Río, Margarita, Lakshminarayanan, Vasudevan
Format: article
Publication Date:1997
Country:España
Institution:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repository:Docta Complutense
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/59074
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/59074
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:535
Optics
Óptica (Física)
2209.19 Óptica Física
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Summary:A revised formulation of the image Light distribution of an incoherent line source proposed by Steel [Rev. Opt. 31, 334-340 (1952)] is presented. Analytical and numerical results based on this new representation are given. We explicitly show that a major error in Steel's final expression generates singularities, thereby preventing convenient numerical computation.