Abstract

We present the general formula to design a mirror such that it reflects the light of a given arbitrary wavefront as a plane wave for two and three dimensions. The formula is fully analytical and close-form. We test the mentioned equations with ray tracing techniques. The results were as expected. We do not use any paraxial concepts or numerical approximations during its derivation.

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Surface solution to correct a freeform wavefront

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General stigmatic surfaces

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Set of all possible stigmatic pairs of mirrors

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Exact equations to design aplanatic sequential optical systems

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Two-mirror system for tunable apodization

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