Abstract
We study the Gouy phase of a scalar wavefield that is focused by a lens suffering from primary spherical aberration. It is found that the Gouy phase has different behaviors at the two sides of the intensity maximum. This results in a systematic increase of the successive wavefront spacings around the diffraction focus. Since all lenses have some amount of spherical aberration, this observation has implications for optical calibration and metrology. © 2013 Optical Society of America.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 88-91 |
| Journal | Optics Letters |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2014 |