Manufacturability estimates for optical aspheres

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 9923-9941

  Forbes, G W ^a  

^a QED TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPHERES; EFFICIENT DESIGNS; MANUFACTURABILITY; OPTICAL ASPHERES; ORTHOGONAL BASIS;

EID: 79955796291     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.009923     Document Type: Article

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