УДК: 535.317; 681.7

An analytical method for estimating how the design parameters affect the characteristics of optical systems

Publication in Journal of Optical Technology

For Russian citation (Opticheskii Zhurnal):

Шехонин А.А., Иванов А.В., Пржевалинский Л.И., Жукова Т.И. Аналитический метод оценки влияния конструктивных параметров на характеристики оптических систем // Оптический журнал. 2012. Т. 79. № 5. С. 24–31. Shekhonin A. A., Ivanov A. V., Przhevalinskiĭ L. I., Zhukova T. I. An analytical method for estimating how the design parameters affect the characteristics of optical systems [in Russian] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2012. V. 79. № 5. P. 24–31.

For citation (Journal of Optical Technology):

A. A. Shekhonin, A. V. Ivanov, L. I. Przhevalinskiĭ, and T. I. Zhukova, "An analytical method for estimating how the design parameters affect the characteristics of optical systems," Journal of Optical Technology. 79(5), 277-282 (2012).

Abstract:

This paper discusses a method for calculating the deviations of the coordinates of a ray on an arbitrary surface of an optical system when the design parameters of the preceding surface are perturbed. The method imposes no restrictions on the symmetry class of the system.

Keywords:

optical systems design, sensitivity analysis, aberrations, analytical method

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