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Caustics in a meridional plane produced by concave conic mirrors |
JOSA A, Vol. 29, Issue 9, pp. 1977-1985 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.29.001977
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Abstract
We study the formation of caustic surfaces produced by a concave conic mirror considering a point source placed at arbitrary position along the optical axis. Using the caustic formula and a paraxial approximation, we derive analytic expressions to evaluate the spherical aberration at the third order. A formula to reduce this aberration at any order is provided, which gives the condition for stigmatic points. Furthermore, we apply the formulas to evaluate the circle of least confusion for a concave conic mirror as a function of all parameters involved in the process of reflection.
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OCIS Codes
(080.0080) Geometric optics : Geometric optics
(080.2740) Geometric optics : Geometric optical design
(080.1005) Geometric optics : Aberration expansions
ToC Category:
Geometric Optics
History
Original Manuscript: June 21, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: July 17, 2012
Published: August 29, 2012
Citation
Samuel Maca-García, Maximino Avendaño-Alejo, and Luis Castañeda, "Caustics in a meridional plane produced by concave conic mirrors," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 29, 1977-1985 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/josaa/abstract.cfm?URI=josaa-29-9-1977
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