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Catadioptric retroreflector with correction of spherical aberration

Publication in Journal of Optical Technology

For Russian citation (Opticheskii Zhurnal):

Цветков А.Д. Катадиоптрический световозвращатель с коррекцией сферической аберрации // Оптический журнал. 2014. Т. 81. № 9. С. 52–54.

Tsvetkov A.D. Catadioptric retroreflector with correction of spherical aberration [in Russian] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2014. V. 81. № 9. P. 52–54.

For citation (Journal of Optical Technology):

A. D. Tsvetkov, "Catadioptric retroreflector with correction of spherical aberration," Journal of Optical Technology. 81(9), 523-525 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.81.000523

Abstract:

This paper proposes a method for designing a catadioptric retroreflector with correction of spherical aberration. The calculation is based on an analysis of the third-order spherical aberration. A concentric meniscus is proposed as a correcting element, the use of which significantly improves the wave front of the output radiation. In this case, a combination of any two glasses with different refractive indices for the given wavelength can be used to correct the aberration.

Keywords:

retroreflector, spherical aberration, Fresnel–Kirchhoff integral, Fraunhofer approximation, meniscus, refractive index, Seidel sum

OCIS codes: 110.0110

References:

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