Employment of reverse optimization to relax manufacturing tolerances imposed on system constructional parameters associated with complex optical systems

Applied Optics

Volumn 39, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 2174-2183

  Powell, Ian ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFECTS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTIMIZATION;

RELAX MANUFACTURING;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0038004461     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.39.002174     Document Type: Article

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