Free-forms optics into astronomical use: The case of an all-mirror anamorphic collimator

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7018, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Spanò, Paolo ^a  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anamorphic collimator; Cylindrical optics; Elliptical pupil; Free form optics; Grazing incidence interferometry

Indexed keywords

ASPHERICS; ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; ASTRONOMY; ASTROPHYSICS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; INSTRUMENTS; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PHOTOGRAPHY; TELESCOPES;

ANAMORPHIC COLLIMATOR; CYLINDRICAL OPTICS; ELLIPTICAL PUPIL; FREE-FORM OPTICS; GRAZING INCIDENCE INTERFEROMETRY;

OPTICAL COLLIMATORS;

EID: 56249146714     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.789183     Document Type: Conference Paper

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