Abstract

A semianalytical method is described for calculating the diffraction integral for paraxial propagation through an optical system. The field at the input plane is represented by a linear superposition of nearly Gaussian basis functions that keep a simple analytical form under ABCD propagation. The coefficients of the superposition are obtained by a numerical fit. The flexibility of the basis functions makes the method well suited to dealing with sharp local variations of the input field.

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