Cooke Triplet - MTF Listing

  
MTF> MFR 100.
MTF> PLO FRE Y
     WARNING - At least 3 focal positions are recommended for finding best focus
               APERTURE STOP
               SEMI-DIAMETER =     4.489186
                 (Based on the maximum reference ray height at the stop.)
  
  
  
  
     X and Y focal lengths for each field angle
  
        X        0.499969E+02        0.517701E+02        0.538569E+02
        Y        0.499969E+02        0.556946E+02        0.633075E+02
  
  
     X and Y F-numbers for each field angle
  
        X            4.499692            4.659279            4.847088
        Y            4.499692            5.153604            7.145553
  
  
     Reference sphere radius for each field angle
  
                 0.523489E+02        0.541108E+02        0.561527E+02
  
  
  
  
     Relative execution time  =   1.06 UNITS
  

On-Axis MTF

          POSITION  1         DIFFRACTION MTF            ORA            1-Jun-99
  
  
            Cooke Triplet f/4.5
                                                            WAVELENGTH   WEIGHT  NO. OF RAYS
       FIELD (X,Y)=( 0.00, 0.00)MAX, (  0.00,  0.00)DEG      656.3 NM       1      1396
       RELATIVE ILLUMINATION =100.0 PER CENT                 546.1 NM       2      2024
       ILLUMINATION (UNIT BRIGHTNESS) = 0.038693             486.1 NM       1      2584
       DISTORTION =   0.00 PER CENT
  
  
      DIFFRACTION LIMIT    FOCUS POSITION
       Formula  Actual      0.00000
  L/MM f/4.500 RAD  TAN    RAD  TAN
  ---- ----------------   ---------
     0 .999   .999        .999
     8 .974   .975        .966
    16 .949   .949        .923
    24 .923   .924        .876
    32 .898   .898        .827
    40 .872   .873        .778
    48 .847   .847        .728
    56 .821   .822        .678
    64 .796   .797        .629
    72 .771   .771        .582
    80 .746   .746        .537
    88 .721   .721        .495
    96 .696   .696        .457

14-deg half field of view MTF

 
          POSITION  1         DIFFRACTION MTF            ORA            1-Jun-99
  
  
            Cooke Triplet f/4.5
                                                            WAVELENGTH   WEIGHT  NO. OF RAYS
       FIELD (X,Y)=( 0.00, 0.69)MAX, (  0.00, 14.00)DEG      656.3 NM       1      1226
       RELATIVE ILLUMINATION = 87.4 PER CENT                 546.1 NM       2      1770
       ILLUMINATION (UNIT BRIGHTNESS) = 0.033812             486.1 NM       1      2242
       DISTORTION =   0.49 PER CENT
  
  
      DIFFRACTION LIMIT    FOCUS POSITION
       Formula  Actual      0.00000
  L/MM f/4.500 RAD  TAN    RAD  TAN
  ---- ----------------   ---------
     0 .999   .999 .999   .999 .999
     8 .974   .974 .971   .860 .659
    16 .949   .949 .942   .562 .444
    24 .923   .923 .913   .253 .405
    32 .898   .898 .884   .054 .356
    40 .872   .872 .855   .001 .311
    48 .847   .847 .827   .047 .282
    56 .821   .821 .798   .110 .262
    64 .796   .796 .770   .136 .243
    72 .771   .771 .741   .114 .224
    80 .746   .745 .713   .067 .205
    88 .721   .720 .685   .027 .188
    96 .696   .695 .658   .007 .172
 

20-degree half field-of-view MTF

          POSITION  1         DIFFRACTION MTF            ORA            1-Jun-99
  
  
            Cooke Triplet f/4.5
                                                            WAVELENGTH   WEIGHT  NO. OF RAYS
       FIELD (X,Y)=( 0.00, 1.00)MAX, (  0.00, 20.00)DEG      656.3 NM       1       864
       RELATIVE ILLUMINATION = 61.4 PER CENT                 546.1 NM       2      1240
       ILLUMINATION (UNIT BRIGHTNESS) = 0.023762             486.1 NM       1      1578
       DISTORTION =   1.25 PER CENT
  
  
      DIFFRACTION LIMIT    FOCUS POSITION
       Formula  Actual      0.00000
  L/MM f/4.500 RAD  TAN    RAD  TAN
  ---- ----------------   ---------
     0 .999   .999 .999   .999 .999
     8 .974   .974 .960   .815 .710
    16 .949   .947 .921   .457 .344
    24 .923   .921 .881   .138 .264
    32 .898   .894 .841   .013 .200
    40 .872   .868 .802   .002 .169
    48 .847   .842 .762   .073 .149
    56 .821   .816 .723   .117 .121
    64 .796   .790 .684   .104 .095
    72 .771   .764 .644   .060 .086
    80 .746   .737 .605   .022 .085
    88 .721   .711 .567   .006 .079
    96 .696   .685 .529   .010 .071


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