Breathing life into aspheric dreams
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Ulrike Fuchs
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Sven R. Kiontke
Abstract
Introducing aspheric lenses in optical design broadens the horizons of possibilities and opens up new way to correct aberrations or creating effects that are not possible otherwise. Manufacturing these aspheric surfaces has come a long way during the last 15 years. This article discusses the state of the art concerning optical design, manufacturing, surface form tolerances and roughness to show the possibilities in hand.
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Articles in the same Issue
- Cover and Frontmatter
- Community
- News from the European Optical Society
- Conference Notes
- Conference Calendar
- Topical issue: Aspheric optics
- Editorial
- Aspheric optics: from design to manufacturing and aspheric metrology
- Tutorial
- Exploring the unlimited possibilities of modular aspheric Gauss to top-hat beam shaping
- Review Articles
- Metrology for the production process of aspheric lenses
- Breathing life into aspheric dreams
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Articles in the same Issue
- Cover and Frontmatter
- Community
- News from the European Optical Society
- Conference Notes
- Conference Calendar
- Topical issue: Aspheric optics
- Editorial
- Aspheric optics: from design to manufacturing and aspheric metrology
- Tutorial
- Exploring the unlimited possibilities of modular aspheric Gauss to top-hat beam shaping
- Review Articles
- Metrology for the production process of aspheric lenses
- Breathing life into aspheric dreams
- Research Articles
- Ray selection for optimization of rotationally symmetric systems
- Simulation of imperfections in plastic lenses – transferring local refractive index changes into surface shape modifications
- Research Article
- Telecentric line scanning system based on a ring surface mirror for inline processes
