Abstract

A simple exact method is presented for evaluating the circularly symmetric Fresnel-Kirchhoff diffraction integral in the presence of Seidel aberrations, all orders of spherical aberration, and all orders of linear coma. The resultant formulas involve a simple quadrature over a single special function of mathematics.

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