Wide-angle decentered lens beam steering for infrared countermeasures applications

Optical Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2312-2321

  Gibson, Jennifer L ^a,b   Duncan, Bradley D ^b   Watson, Edward A ^c   Loomis, John S ^b  

^a Anteon Corporation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^c EO Technology Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Achromatic doublets; Beam steering; Decentered lenses; Dispersion correction; Infrared countermeasures

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; DISPERSION (WAVES); GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; GERMANIUM; INFRARED RADIATION; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ACHROMATIC DOUBLETS; ANGULAR DISPERSION; DECENTERED LENSES; DISPERSION CORRECTION; GAUSSIAN BEAM ANALYSES; INFRARED COUNTERMEASURES; LENS BEAM STEERING; PLANE WAVE ANALYSES;

LENSES;

EID: 9744219726     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1789137     Document Type: Article

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