Binary optics from a ray-tracing point of view

William H. Southwell

doi:10.1117/12.47917

1 January 1991 Binary optics from a ray-tracing point of view

William H. Southwell

Proceedings Volume 1354, 1990 Intl Lens Design Conf; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.47917
Event: 1990 International Lens Design Conference, 1990, Monterey, CA, United States

Abstract

An exact raytrace (Snell''s law refraction) of the discontinuous surfaces of kinoforms (surface relief lenses) can explain their optical performance at different wavelengths without diffraction. A phase-based merit function generated by raytracing can be used to design and optimize systems containing both kinoform and conventional optical surfaces.

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William H. Southwell "Binary optics from a ray-tracing point of view", Proc. SPIE 1354, 1990 Intl Lens Design Conf, (1 January 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.47917

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