Expand this Topic clickable element to expand a topic
Skip to content
Optica Publishing Group

First-order layout of asymmetric systems: sharp imagery of a single plane object

Not Accessible

Your library or personal account may give you access

Abstract

The number of degrees of freedom associated with the design of an asymmetric system can be reduced significantly when the system is required to possess a prescribed set of first-order imaging properties. A method is described for imposing the constraints associated with the requirement of a sharp, nonanamorphic image (with a prescribed magnification) of a single object. In this work the media in the object and image spaces are taken to be homogeneous and isotropic, and the last interface of the system is taken to be a spherical mirror. The degrees of freedom associated with the placement and curvature of this mirror, along with the configuration of the object and image surfaces, are surrendered to enforce the constraints associated with the realization of the desired first-order imaging properties. The imposition of these imaging constraints reduces the dimensionality of the configuration space by six.

© 1992 Optical Society of America

Full Article  |  PDF Article
More Like This
Forms of the characteristic function for asymmetric systems that form sharp images to first order

Bryan D. Stone and G. W. Forbes
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 9(5) 820-831 (1992)

Foundations of second-order layout for asymmetric systems

Bryan D. Stone and G. W. Forbes
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 9(11) 2067-2082 (1992)

First-order layout of asymmetric systems composed of three spherical mirrors

Bryan D. Stone and G. W. Forbes
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 9(1) 110-120 (1992)

Cited By

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Cited by links are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Figures (3)

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Figure files are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Tables (7)

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Article tables are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Equations (66)

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Equations are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Select as filters


Select Topics Cancel
© Copyright 2024 | Optica Publishing Group. All Rights Reserved