Catadioptric retroreflector

Цветков А.Д. Катадиоптрический световозвращатель // Оптический журнал. 2011. Т. 78. № 3. С. 21–25.

Tsvetkov A.D. Catadioptric retroreflector [in Russian] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2011. V. 78. № 3. P. 21–25.

A. D. Tsvetkov, "Catadioptric retroreflector," Journal of Optical Technology. 78(3), 170-173 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.78.000170

This paper proposes a new design for a retroreflector consisting of a biconvex lens with concentric surfaces, the back one having a mirror surface. Based on a calculation of the third-order aberrations and diffraction, calculated by means of the Fresnel–Kirchhoff integral in the Fraunhofer approximation, the influence of the length of the retroreflector on the axial luminous intensity is investigated.