title: Optical system defect propagation in ABCD systems.
abstract: We describe how optical system defects (tilt/jitter, decenter, and despace) propagate through an arbitrary paraxial optical system that can be described by an ABCD ray transfer matrix. A pedagogical example is given that demonstrates the effect of alignment errors on a typical optical system.
authors.forename: W G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: McKinley
authors.forename: H T
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Yura
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Hanson