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3 - Aspheric Surfaces

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2019

José Sasián
José Sasián
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University of Arizona
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Optical systems comprise lenses and mirrors made with precise surfaces. Optical surfaces can be divided into spherical and nonspherical surfaces; the latter are called aspheric surfaces. For a given image quality, the choice of optical surfaces has a major impact on the packaging and cost of a lens system. Therefore, familiarity with types of optical surfaces, with how they can correct aberration, and with their manufacturing and testing methods is important in lens design. This chapter provides an overview of several useful surface types, some of their optical properties, and how they introduce and mitigate aberrations.

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Introduction to Lens Design , pp. 21 - 29
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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Brauneckeer, B., Hentschel, R., Tiziani, H. J. Advanced Optics Using Aspherical Elements (Bellingham, WA: SPIE Press, 2008).Google Scholar
Forbes, G. W. “Shape specification for axially symmetric optical surfaces,” Optics Express, 15 (2007), 5218–26.Google Scholar
Greynolds, Alan W. “Superconic and subconic surface descriptions in optical design,” Proceedings of SPIE 4832, International Optical Design Conference 2002 (December 23, 2002).Google Scholar
Hsueh, Chun-Che, Elazhary, Tamer, Nakano, Masatsugu, Sasián, José. “Closed-form sag solutions for Cartesian oval surfaces,” Journal of Optics, 40(4) (2011), 168–75.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Offner, Abe. “A null corrector for testing paraboloidal mirrors,” Applied Optics, 2(2) (1963), 153–55.Google Scholar
Reshidko, Dmitry, Sasián, José. “A method for the design of unsymmetrical optical systems using freeform surfaces,” Proceedings of SPIE 10590, International Optical Design Conference 2017, 10590V (2017).Google Scholar
Sasián, José. “Design of null correctors for the testing of astronomical optics,” Optical Engineering, 27(12) (1988), 121051.Google Scholar
Sasián, José, Reshidko, Dmitry, Li, Chia-Ling. “Aspheric/freeform optical surface description for controlling illumination from point-like light sources,” Optical Engineering, 55(11) (2016), 115104.Google Scholar
Shultz, G. Aspheric Surfaces, Progress in Optics, Vol. XXV (Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1988), 349–415.Google Scholar

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  • Aspheric Surfaces
  • José Sasián, University of Arizona
  • Book: Introduction to Lens Design
  • Online publication: 23 September 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108625388.004
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  • Aspheric Surfaces
  • José Sasián, University of Arizona
  • Book: Introduction to Lens Design
  • Online publication: 23 September 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108625388.004
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  • Aspheric Surfaces
  • José Sasián, University of Arizona
  • Book: Introduction to Lens Design
  • Online publication: 23 September 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108625388.004
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