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Caustics in a meridional plane produced by plano-convex aspheric lenses |
JOSA A, Vol. 30, Issue 3, pp. 501-508 (2013)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.30.000501
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Abstract
We study the formation of caustic surfaces formed in both convex-plano and plano-convex aspheric lenses by considering a plane wave incident on the lens along the optical axis. Using the caustic formulas and a paraxial approximation we derive expressions to evaluate the spherical aberration at third-order and also provide a formula to reduce it, where the first-order aspheric term is given in a simply analytic equation. Furthermore, we redefine the method to evaluate the circle of least confusion for a positive lens as a function of all parameters involved in the process of refraction through the aspheric lenses.
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OCIS Codes
(260.6970) Physical optics : Total internal reflection
(080.1005) Geometric optics : Aberration expansions
(080.2468) Geometric optics : First-order optics
ToC Category:
Geometric Optics
History
Original Manuscript: December 13, 2012
Revised Manuscript: January 30, 2013
Manuscript Accepted: February 1, 2013
Published: February 22, 2013
Citation
Maximino Avendaño-Alejo, "Caustics in a meridional plane produced by plano-convex aspheric lenses," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 30, 501-508 (2013)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/josaa/abstract.cfm?URI=josaa-30-3-501
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