Design of a freeform varifocal panoramic optical system with specified annular center of field of view

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 3843-3853

  Ma, Tao ^a   Yu, Jingchi ^a   Liang, Pei ^a   Wang, Chinhua ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; ROTATION;

ACCEPTANCE ANGLE; CENTER OF FIELD OF VIEWS; CONICAL SURFACES; CONVERGENCE EFFICIENCY; DESIGN PRINCIPLES; ENTRANCE PUPIL; FIELD OF VIEWS; FREE-FORM SURFACE; FREEFORMS; OPTICAL AXIS; OPTIMIZATION PROCESS; PANORAMIC ANNULAR LENS; ROTATIONAL ANGLE; SPHERICAL ABERRATIONS;

LENSES;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; ROTATION;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LENSES; ROTATION;

EID: 79952169681     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.003843     Document Type: Article

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