How to approach the design of a bilateral symmetric optical system

Jose M. Sasian

doi:10.1117/12.169736

1 June 1994 How to approach the design of a bilateral symmetric optical system

Jose M. Sasian

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 33, Issue 6, (June 1994). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.169736

Abstract

A theoretical development is presented for understanding and designing bilateral symmetric optical systems. This development uses concepts familiar to the optical engineer and is an extension to the wave theory of axially symmetric systems. An aberration function is developed and the image position and size, image defects, and aberration fields are discussed. The main dependence of aberrations as a function of system parameters is established by a set of approximate aberration coefficients and some guidelines to approach the design of bilateral symmetric systems are presented.

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Jose M. Sasian "How to approach the design of a bilateral symmetric optical system," Optical Engineering 33(6), (1 June 1994). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.169736

Published: 1 June 1994

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