Optical performance of axial gradient and aspheric surface lenses: study and analysis

Abed M. Kassim; David L. Shealy

doi:10.1117/12.188031

30 September 1994 Optical performance of axial gradient and aspheric surface lenses: study and analysis

Abed M. Kassim, David L. Shealy

Proceedings Volume 2263, Current Developments in Optical Design and Optical Engineering IV; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.188031
Event: SPIE's 1994 International Symposium on Optics, Imaging, and Instrumentation, 1994, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Using the caustic merit function for plane waves incident upon a singlet lens, a comparison between the optical performance of the lens using an axial gradient index with spherical surfaces or aspheric surfaces with constant index material has been investigated. Results indicate that the use of an inhomogeneous medium for the lens material is more effective in the controlling aberrations than the use of aspheric surfaces for a similar lens.

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Abed M. Kassim and David L. Shealy "Optical performance of axial gradient and aspheric surface lenses: study and analysis", Proc. SPIE 2263, Current Developments in Optical Design and Optical Engineering IV, (30 September 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.188031

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