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1. H. J. Birchall, “Lenses and their combination and arrangement in various instruments and apparatus,” U.S. patent 2,001,952 (21 May 1935).
2. H. J. Birchall, “Lens of variable focal power having surfaces of involute form,” U.S. patent 2,475,275 (7 March 1949).
3. C. W. Kanolt, “Multifocal ophthalmic lenses,” U.S. patent 2,878,721 (24 March 1959).
4. W. T. Plummer, J. G. Baker, and J. Van Tassell, “Photographic optical systems with nonrotational aspheric surfaces,” Appl. Opt.38(16), 3572–3592 (1999). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
5. L. Wang, P. Benítez, J. C. Miñano, J. Infante, and G. Biot, “Advances in the SMS design method for imaging optics,” Proc. SPIE8167, 81670M (2011). [CrossRef]
6. F. Muñoz, P. Benítez, and J. C. Miñano, “High-order aspherics: the SMS nonimaging design method applied to imaging optics,” Proc. SPIE7061, 70610G, 70610G-9 (2008). [CrossRef]
7. K. H. Fuerschbach, K. P. Thompson, and J. P. Rolland, “A new generation of optical systems with φ-polynomial surfaces,” Proc. SPIE7652, 76520C, 76520C-7 (2010). [CrossRef]
8. J. R. Rogers, “A comparison of anamorphic, keystone, and Zernike surface types for aberration correction,” Proc. SPIE7652, 76520B, 76520B-8 (2010). [CrossRef]
9. A. Yabe, “Method to allocate freeform surfaces in axially asymmetric optical systems,” Proc. SPIE8167, 816703, 816703-10 (2011). [CrossRef]
10. R. Steinkopf, L. Dick, T. Kopf, A. Gebhardt, S. Risse, and R. Eberhardt, “Data handling and representation of freeform surfaces,” Proc. SPIE8169, 81690X, 81690X-9 (2011). [CrossRef]
11. P. Jester, C. Menke, and K. Urban, “B-spline representation of optical surfaces and its accuracy in a ray trace algorithm,” Appl. Opt.50(6), 822–828 (2011). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
12. G. W. Forbes, “Manufacturability estimates for optical aspheres,” Opt. Express19(10), 9923–9941 (2011). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
13. G. W. Forbes, “Shape specification for axially symmetric optical surfaces,” Opt. Express15(8), 5218–5226 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
14. G. W. Forbes, “Robust, efficient computational methods for axially symmetric optical aspheres,” Opt. Express18(19), 19700–19712 (2010). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
15. C. Zhao and J. H. Burge, “Orthonormal vector polynomials in a unit circle, Part I: Basis set derived from gradients of Zernike polynomials,” Opt. Express15(26), 18014–18024 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
16. G. W. Forbes, “Robust and fast computation for the polynomials of optics,” Opt. Express18(13), 13851–13862 (2010). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Appl. Opt.

• W. T. Plummer, J. G. Baker, and J. Van Tassell, “Photographic optical systems with nonrotational aspheric surfaces,” Appl. Opt.38(16), 3572–3592 (1999). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• P. Jester, C. Menke, and K. Urban, “B-spline representation of optical surfaces and its accuracy in a ray trace algorithm,” Appl. Opt.50(6), 822–828 (2011). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Opt. Express

• G. W. Forbes, “Manufacturability estimates for optical aspheres,” Opt. Express19(10), 9923–9941 (2011). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• G. W. Forbes, “Shape specification for axially symmetric optical surfaces,” Opt. Express15(8), 5218–5226 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• G. W. Forbes, “Robust, efficient computational methods for axially symmetric optical aspheres,” Opt. Express18(19), 19700–19712 (2010). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• C. Zhao and J. H. Burge, “Orthonormal vector polynomials in a unit circle, Part I: Basis set derived from gradients of Zernike polynomials,” Opt. Express15(26), 18014–18024 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• G. W. Forbes, “Robust and fast computation for the polynomials of optics,” Opt. Express18(13), 13851–13862 (2010). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Proc. SPIE

• L. Wang, P. Benítez, J. C. Miñano, J. Infante, and G. Biot, “Advances in the SMS design method for imaging optics,” Proc. SPIE8167, 81670M (2011). [CrossRef]
• F. Muñoz, P. Benítez, and J. C. Miñano, “High-order aspherics: the SMS nonimaging design method applied to imaging optics,” Proc. SPIE7061, 70610G, 70610G-9 (2008). [CrossRef]
• K. H. Fuerschbach, K. P. Thompson, and J. P. Rolland, “A new generation of optical systems with φ-polynomial surfaces,” Proc. SPIE7652, 76520C, 76520C-7 (2010). [CrossRef]
• J. R. Rogers, “A comparison of anamorphic, keystone, and Zernike surface types for aberration correction,” Proc. SPIE7652, 76520B, 76520B-8 (2010). [CrossRef]
• A. Yabe, “Method to allocate freeform surfaces in axially asymmetric optical systems,” Proc. SPIE8167, 816703, 816703-10 (2011). [CrossRef]
• R. Steinkopf, L. Dick, T. Kopf, A. Gebhardt, S. Risse, and R. Eberhardt, “Data handling and representation of freeform surfaces,” Proc. SPIE8169, 81690X, 81690X-9 (2011). [CrossRef]

Other

• H. J. Birchall, “Lenses and their combination and arrangement in various instruments and apparatus,” U.S. patent 2,001,952 (21 May 1935).
• H. J. Birchall, “Lens of variable focal power having surfaces of involute form,” U.S. patent 2,475,275 (7 March 1949).
• C. W. Kanolt, “Multifocal ophthalmic lenses,” U.S. patent 2,878,721 (24 March 1959).

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