title: Filter performance parameters for vectorial high-aperture wave fields.
abstract: Performance parameters have been presented that can be used to compare the focusing performance of different optical systems, including the effect of pupil filters. These were originally given for the paraxial case and recently extended to the high-aperture scalar regime. We generalize these parameters to the full vectorial case for an aplanatic optical system illuminated by a plane-polarized wave. The behavior of different optical systems is compared.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Division of Bioengineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore. biescjr@nus.edu.sg
authors.forename: Colin J R
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Sheppard
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Martinez-Corral
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D005374:Filtration / Q000379:methods*; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D008853:Microscopy / Q000379:methods*; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted