Optimum solution for spherical primary mirror with two and three aspheric corrector plates located near focus

Aden B. Meinel; Marjorie P. Meinel

doi:10.1364/AO.20.003627

Applied Optics
Vol. 20,
Issue 20,
pp. 3627-3629
(1981)
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Optimum solution for spherical primary mirror with two and three aspheric corrector plates located near focus

Aden B. Meinel and Marjorie P. Meinel

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Abstract

Aspheric corrector plates can provide good aberration control for large spherical primary mirror telescopes, but the regions where good solutions can be obtained are very limited. Two isolated solution regions exist for the two-corrector configuration.

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RD	TH		Medium	Aspheric coefficients
Solution 1
−6000 cm	−2500 cm		Refl	Spherical
0	−3		BK7	0.9227E-08	−0.4076E-14	−0.5527E-18
0	−172		Air
0	−2		BK7	−0.3503E-07	0.5992E-12	−0.1610E-16
0	−324.70		Air
	SA3 −0.000000	CMA3 0.000001	AST3 −0.020355	DIS3 −0.001607		PTZ3 0.001142
	SA5 −0.000008	CMA5 −0.002330	AST5 0.000014	DIS5 0.000001		PTZ5 0.000000
	TOBSA 0.003130	SOBSA 0.001076	ELCMA 0.001242	SA7 0.000027
Solution 2				1 sec of arc = 0.0144 cm
−6000 cm	−2500 cm	Refl		Spherical
0	−3	BK7		0.1655E-07	−0.6226E-14	−0.1552E-17
0	−97.22	Air		−0.3306E-07	0.3749E-12	−0.1228E-16
0	−399.49	Air
	SA3 −0.000007	CMA3 0.000005	AST3−0.016930	DIS3 −0.001137		PTZ3 0.001142
	SA5 −0.000030	CMA5 −0.001309	AST5 0.000007	DIS5 0.000000		PTZ5 0.000000
	TOBSA 0.002497	SOBSA 0.000874	ELCMA 0.000823	SA7 0.000002

RD	TH	Medium	Aspheric coefficients
−6000 cm	−2500 cm	Refl	Spherical
0	−3	BK7	0.9467E-08	−0.3341E-14	−0.6939E-18
0	−170	Air
0	−2	BK7	−0.3550E-07	0.6011E-12	−0.1298E-16
0	−318	Air
−1022.15	−2	BK7
0	−7.348	Air	−0.2688E-04	0.1006E-06	−0.6250E-11	0.120E-23
	SA3 −0.000289	CMA3 0.000174	AST3 −0.000142	DIS3 0.056470	PTZ3 0.000000
	SA5 0.000175	CMA5 −0.001631	AST5 −0.003570	DIS5 −0.008927	PTZ5 0.001928
	TOBSA 0.009033	SOBSA 0.003554	ELCMA −0.002082	SA7 0.000005

RD	TH		Medium	Aspheric coefficients
Solution 1
−6000 cm	−2500 cm		Refl	Spherical
0	−3		BK7	0.9227E-08	−0.4076E-14	−0.5527E-18
0	−172		Air
0	−2		BK7	−0.3503E-07	0.5992E-12	−0.1610E-16
0	−324.70		Air
	SA3 −0.000000	CMA3 0.000001	AST3 −0.020355	DIS3 −0.001607		PTZ3 0.001142
	SA5 −0.000008	CMA5 −0.002330	AST5 0.000014	DIS5 0.000001		PTZ5 0.000000
	TOBSA 0.003130	SOBSA 0.001076	ELCMA 0.001242	SA7 0.000027
Solution 2				1 sec of arc = 0.0144 cm
−6000 cm	−2500 cm	Refl		Spherical
0	−3	BK7		0.1655E-07	−0.6226E-14	−0.1552E-17
0	−97.22	Air		−0.3306E-07	0.3749E-12	−0.1228E-16
0	−399.49	Air
	SA3 −0.000007	CMA3 0.000005	AST3−0.016930	DIS3 −0.001137		PTZ3 0.001142
	SA5 −0.000030	CMA5 −0.001309	AST5 0.000007	DIS5 0.000000		PTZ5 0.000000
	TOBSA 0.002497	SOBSA 0.000874	ELCMA 0.000823	SA7 0.000002

RD	TH	Medium	Aspheric coefficients
−6000 cm	−2500 cm	Refl	Spherical
0	−3	BK7	0.9467E-08	−0.3341E-14	−0.6939E-18
0	−170	Air
0	−2	BK7	−0.3550E-07	0.6011E-12	−0.1298E-16
0	−318	Air
−1022.15	−2	BK7
0	−7.348	Air	−0.2688E-04	0.1006E-06	−0.6250E-11	0.120E-23
	SA3 −0.000289	CMA3 0.000174	AST3 −0.000142	DIS3 0.056470	PTZ3 0.000000
	SA5 0.000175	CMA5 −0.001631	AST5 −0.003570	DIS5 −0.008927	PTZ5 0.001928
	TOBSA 0.009033	SOBSA 0.003554	ELCMA −0.002082	SA7 0.000005

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