Caustic as an Expression of the Image Errors of a Lens

Orestes N. Stavroudis

doi:10.1364/IODC.1994.DMTSG.87

International Optical Design Conference
Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group, 1994),
paper DMTSG.87
•https://doi.org/10.1364/IODC.1994.DMTSG.87

Caustic as an Expression of the Image Errors of a Lens

Orestes N. Stavroudis

International Optical Design Conference 1994

New York United States
6–9 June 1994
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Design Methods, Theory, and Software - General (DMTSG)

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Abstract

Caustic surfaces can represent the geometrical aberrations of an optical system. Their calculation and plotting is described. Several examples are given. Their possible use as merit functions is discussed.

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