TY - JOUR
T1 - Analytic conic constants to reduce the spherical aberration of a single lens used in collimated light
AU - Avendaño-Alejo, Maximino
AU - Román-Hernández, Edwin
AU - Castañeda, Luis
AU - Moreno-Oliva, Victor Ivan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Optical Society of America.
PY - 2017/8/1
Y1 - 2017/8/1
N2 - We study the formation of caustic surfaces produced by conic lenses, considering a plane wavefront propagating parallel to the optical axis. The shape of the caustic can be modified by changing the parameters of the lens in such a way that if we are able to vanish the caustic, the optical system produces the sharpest diffraction-limited images. Alternatively, caustic surfaces with a large area can be applied to the design of non-imaging optical systems, with potential applications such as diffusers of light for illumination or solar concentrators. Here, we provide analytic equations for the conic constants, principal surfaces, and caustic surfaces, and also approximations at the third and fifth orders formed by conic lenses, in order to reduce the spherical aberration at these orders.
AB - We study the formation of caustic surfaces produced by conic lenses, considering a plane wavefront propagating parallel to the optical axis. The shape of the caustic can be modified by changing the parameters of the lens in such a way that if we are able to vanish the caustic, the optical system produces the sharpest diffraction-limited images. Alternatively, caustic surfaces with a large area can be applied to the design of non-imaging optical systems, with potential applications such as diffusers of light for illumination or solar concentrators. Here, we provide analytic equations for the conic constants, principal surfaces, and caustic surfaces, and also approximations at the third and fifth orders formed by conic lenses, in order to reduce the spherical aberration at these orders.
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U2 - 10.1364/AO.56.006244
DO - 10.1364/AO.56.006244
M3 - Artículo
C2 - 29047820
SN - 1559-128X
VL - 56
SP - 6244
EP - 6254
JO - Applied Optics
JF - Applied Optics
IS - 22
ER -