Wavefronts and Construction Tolerances for a Cat’s-Eye Retroreflector
Applied Optics, Vol. 5, Issue 7, pp. 1191-1198 (1966)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.5.001191
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Abstract
A retroreflector (a device that reflects an incident beam of light through exactly 180°) constructed from a primary concave mirror and a small secondary mirror near its paraxial focus, the so-called cat’s-eye retroreflector, has been investigated. Ray-tracing of systems with both spherical and parabolic primaries suggests that the latter are considerably superior to the former and comparable to a cube-corner retroreflector. The investigation has also enabled mechanical tolerances for the construction of a cat’s-eye retroreflector to be deduced. The predicted tolerances may be much easier to attain than those for a cube-corner retroreflector.
Citation
Reinhard Beer and Darwin Marjaniemi, "Wavefronts and Construction Tolerances for a Cat’s-Eye Retroreflector," Appl. Opt. 5, 1191-1198 (1966)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-5-7-1191
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