A Nearly Ideal Lens Optimization Procedure

Berlyn Brixner

doi:10.1117/12.949193

14 February 1986 A Nearly Ideal Lens Optimization Procedure

Berlyn Brixner

Proceedings Volume 0554, 1985 International Lens Design Conference; (1986) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.949193
Event: 1985 International Lens Design Conference, 1985, Cherry Hill, United States

Abstract

The Brixner lens optimization procedure, in which a lens design moves steadily toward diffraction-limited performance, samples lens performance with bundles of precisely traced skew rays, analyzes performance by calculating the image-spot sizes and positions, and optimizes performance in a least squares system that minimizes the lateral ray deviations from their ideal image points. Minimizing the rms image-spot size minimizes the rms optical path differences (OPDs). Minimizing the rms OPDs also optimizes the diffraction modulation transfer function (DMTF). Minimizing the image-spot size and position errors also minimizes and balances the Seidel and higher-order aberrations.

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Berlyn Brixner "A Nearly Ideal Lens Optimization Procedure", Proc. SPIE 0554, 1985 International Lens Design Conference, (14 February 1986); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.949193

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