Abstract

Ellipsoidal reflectors are useful for the 1:1 imaging of small objects without spherical and chromatic aberration. The magnitude of the off-axis aberrations of such reflectors is computed by application of Fermat’s principle to the Hamiltonian point characteristic. The limiting form of the mirror aperture for which these aberrations do not exceed a set tolerance is an ellipse whose semiaxes depend on object size and angle of incidence.

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Spherically Corrected Reflecting Objective for Unit Magnification

Klaus D. Mielenz
Appl. Opt. 13(11) 2580-2584 (1974)

Second-order focusing conditions for ruled concave gratings

M. Pouey
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Unit Magnification Optical System without Seidel Aberrations

J. Dyson
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The Mangin Mirror and Its Primary Aberrations

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