Ray tracing the Wigner distribution function for optical simulations

Marco Mout*, Michael Wick, Florian Bociort, Joerg Petschulat, Paul Urbach

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Abstract

We study a simulation method that uses the Wigner distribution function to incorporate wave optical effects in an established framework based on geometrical optics, i.e., a ray tracing engine. We use the method to calculate point spread functions and show that it is accurate for paraxial systems but produces unphysical results in the presence of aberrations. The cause of these anomalies is explained using an analytical model.

Original languageEnglish
Article number014106
JournalOptical Engineering
Volume57
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018

Keywords

  • diffraction
  • geometric optics
  • simulations
  • Wigner distribution function

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