Achromatic GRIN singlet lens design

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 4970-4978

  Flynn, Richard A ^a   Fleet, E F ^a   Beadie, Guy ^a   Shirk, James S ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL DESIGN;

COMPACT SYSTEM; FOCAL LENGTHS; GRADIENT REFRACTIVE INDEX; GRIN LENS; LENS DESIGNS; LENS SHAPE; REALISTIC MATERIALS;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

COLOR; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIGHT; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FAILURE;

COLOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LENSES; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 84874551558     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.004970     Document Type: Article

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