is chapter briey mentions some aspects of the scalar theory* of the diraction of light and image
formation. One of the main results is the point spread function (PSF) of a lens which in turn is impor-
tant in the context of lateral and axial resolution and the eects of aberrations in confocal microscopy.
If we want to understand and model an imaging system, we have to ask what optical eld (or intensity
distribution/image) it will produce for a given input (object). In confocal microscopy we are interested
in the quality of the focal spot. It turns out that the PSF, wh ...
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