УДК: 520.2, 535.317.1, 535.318

Fast three-mirror objectives having no intermediate image with convex second and concave third mirrors

Publication in Journal of Optical Technology

For Russian citation (Opticheskii Zhurnal):

Цуканова Г.И., Бутылкина К.Д. Светосильные трехзеркальные объективы без промежуточного изображения с выпуклым вторым и вогнутым третьим зеркалами // Оптический журнал. 2014. Т. 81. № 3. С. 3–7.

Tsukanova G.I., Butylkina K.D. Fast three-mirror objectives having no intermediate image with convex second and concave third mirrors [in Russian] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2014. V. 81. № 3. P. 3–7.

For citation (Journal of Optical Technology):

G. I. Tsukanova and K. D. Butylkina, "Fast three-mirror objectives having no intermediate image with convex second and concave third mirrors," Journal of Optical Technology. 81(3), 114-117 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.81.000114

Abstract:

This paper discusses the dimensional and aberrational design of three-mirror objectives having no intermediate image with a convex second mirror and a concave third mirror. The systems have been investigated, and an example of the design of one of the objectives is presented.

Keywords:

mirror systems, three-mirror objectives, aberrations, image quality

OCIS codes: 220.1000, 350.1260, 350.6090

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