Virginia TechPieper, Ronald J.Park, JinwooPoon, Ting-Chung2014-04-042014-04-041988-11-01Ronald J. Pieper, Jinwoo Park, and Ting-Chung Poon, "Resolution-dependent depth of focus for an incoherent imaging system," Appl. Opt. 27, 2040-2047 (1988). doi: 10.1364/AO.27.0020400003-6935http://hdl.handle.net/10919/46960Through the application of the Rayleigh criterion for a two-point resolution, the dependence of the depth of focus on the resolution in the image is determined for a rectangular, a Gaussian, and an annular lens aperture. These solutions are posed in terms of the normalized parameters, obviating the need for the specification of the actual physical lengths. A general approach applicable to any aperture topology is discussed.application/pdfenIn CopyrightArticle - Refereedhttp://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-27-10-2040https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.27.002040