Polarization Ray Trace

Polarization Aberration Effects Propagated in Optical Systems

“…where A =a oa 0 +a 1 Q 1 + a2e2 + a 3 a 3i ( 14) A=80x0 +6 1 0 1 +6202 +8 3 0 3 (15) and ao =1 +A0000 +A0020P 2 + A0111Hp cos 0 +A0200H 2 , (16) a1=A1000+A1022P2 cos 20-A2022P2 sin 24)+A1111Hp cos (b -A2111Hp sin 0+A1200H2 , (17) a2 =A2000+A2o22p2 cos 2¢+A1022P2 sin 24+A2111Hp cos 4) +A1111Hp sin 0+A2200H2 , (18) a3=A3000+A3020p2+A3111Hp cos 0+A3200H2 , …”

“…Operator calculus is very useful for analysing the scalar (or non-polarizing) characteristics of optical systems [16][17][18][19] and the propagation through anisotropic, but homogeneous, media [21] . In this section, the operator calculus notation is combined with the Jones calculus to describe the propagation of wavefront aberrations and polarization aberrations .…”

“…Scalar or non-polarizing operators are defined as operators that do not alter the polarization state of light ; they operate on the scalar but not on the vector properties of the light . The scalar operators that are employed to describe wave propagation in the approximation of Fourier optics are treated in detail in [16][17][18][19] and summarized in the Appendix .…”

“…The polarization aberration function is the Jones polarization matrix associated with the ray path in wavelength A from object coordinate h through pupil coordinate p . The polarization aberration function may be calculated by polarization ray tracing [1,12,16] or by aberration methods [2, 3, 13,14] .…”

“…Other investigations into polarization aberrations are found in [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] .…”