Novel aspheric surfaces for optical design

Scott A. Lerner; Jose M. Sasian

doi:10.1117/12.402426

2 October 2000 Novel aspheric surfaces for optical design

Scott A. Lerner, Jose M. Sasian

Proceedings Volume 4092, Novel Optical Systems Design and Optimization III; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.402426
Event: International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, 2000, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

New functional representations are needed for describing aspheric surfaces that can compensate for a high degree of wavefront asphericity and represent steeply sloped surfaces as the surface normal becomes perpendicular to the optical axis. The explicit definition of the standard aspheric surface limits the range of surfaces that it can properly describe. This paper presents both a parametrically defined surface approach and an implicitly defined surface approach. The utility of these novel approaches is demonstrated using examples of current interest. Additionally, this work shows that a Fourier series is not a useful optical surface.

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Scott A. Lerner and Jose M. Sasian "Novel aspheric surfaces for optical design", Proc. SPIE 4092, Novel Optical Systems Design and Optimization III, (2 October 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.402426

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