Locating optimal freeform surfaces for off-axis optical systems

Xisheng Xiao; Qinghua Yu; Guilin Chen; Rongguang Liang

doi:10.1016/j.optcom.2020.125757

Locating optimal freeform surfaces for off-axis optical systems

Xisheng Xiao, Qinghua Yu, Guilin Chen, Rongguang Liang

Optical Sciences

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Abstract

One of the key tasks in designing off-axis optical systems is to place freeform surfaces in optimal locations. By analyzing the real ray paths, we introduce one simple method for locating freeform surfaces in off-axis systems. A four mirror off-axis microscope objective with freeform surfaces is designed to demonstrate the method, the result shows that our method is effective in identifying the optimal locations of freeform surfaces.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	125757
Journal	Optics Communications
Volume	467
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2020.125757
State	Published - Jul 15 2020

Keywords

Freeform optics
Off-axis system
Optical design
Reflective microscope

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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