Imaging with three spherical mirrors
Unobstructed, plane-symmetric systems of three spherical mirrors are investigated. Twelve parameters are necessary to specify the configuration of such a system. Constraints are determined to eliminate four of these parameters as independent degrees of freedom. These constraints ensure appropriate f...
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| Published in | Applied optics (2004) Vol. 39; no. 19; p. 3216 |
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| Main Authors | , |
| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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United States
01.07.2000
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| Summary: | Unobstructed, plane-symmetric systems of three spherical mirrors are investigated. Twelve parameters are necessary to specify the configuration of such a system. Constraints are determined to eliminate four of these parameters as independent degrees of freedom. These constraints ensure appropriate first-order behavior and are used to aid in two example design studies--one for a class of systems with the object at infinity and another for a class of finite conjugate projection systems. For the first study, a portion of the associated merit-function space is systematically evaluated and plotted, and the results are compared with those obtained when a global optimizer is used. For the second study, a global optimizer is employed as the primary search tool. Example systems from both studies are presented. |
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| ISSN: | 1559-128X |
| DOI: | 10.1364/AO.39.003216 |