Spherical aberration analysis of a uniaxial Cartesian oval

M. Avendano-Alejo; M. J. Orozco-Arellanes; Orestes Nicholas Stavroudis

doi:10.1117/12.591608

21 October 2004 Spherical aberration analysis of a uniaxial Cartesian oval

M. Avendano-Alejo, M. J. Orozco-Arellanes, Orestes Nicholas Stavroudis

Proceedings Volume 5622, 5th Iberoamerican Meeting on Optics and 8th Latin American Meeting on Optics, Lasers, and Their Applications; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.591608
Event: 5th Iberoamerican Meeting on Optics and 8th Latin American Meeting on Optics, Lasers, and Their Applications, 2004, Porlamar, Venezuela

Abstract

In early published contributions we obtain ray tracing formulas for uniaxial crystals. In the present contribution we show the ray tracing for an uniaxial cartesian oval, when the crystal axis lies in the incident plane. The uniaxial crystals have two refracted rays (ordinary and extraordinary rays). When the object is placed at infinity, the ordinary rays have a common focus called the distal focus. For the extraordinary ray the uniaxial cartesian oval show spherical aberration produced by the medium itself. In order to reduce the spherical aberration we analyze several cases for the orientation of the crystal axis, this improve the performance on this optical design.

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M. Avendano-Alejo, M. J. Orozco-Arellanes, and Orestes Nicholas Stavroudis "Spherical aberration analysis of a uniaxial Cartesian oval", Proc. SPIE 5622, 5th Iberoamerican Meeting on Optics and 8th Latin American Meeting on Optics, Lasers, and Their Applications, (21 October 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.591608

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Crystals

Monochromatic aberrations

Ray tracing

Geometrical optics

Refractive index

Optical design

Birefringence

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