A simple method to design astigmatic off-axis mirrors

Infrared Physics and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 42-46

  Wagner Gentner, A ^a   Graf, U U ^a   Philipp, M ^a   Rabanus, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Astigmatic optics; Gaussian optics; Off axis mirror

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; LIGHT SOURCES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICS;

ASTIGMATIC OPTICS; GAUSSIAN BEAM MODE; GAUSSIAN OPTICS; OFF-AXIS MIRROR;

MIRRORS;

EID: 33847312742     PISSN: 13504495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infrared.2006.03.001     Document Type: Article

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