Catadioptric imaging system

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1987-12-17

1988-09-06

Corbin, John K.

350442, G02B 1700

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ABSTRACT:
A catadioptric optical imaging system comprises a dioptric assembly (20) and a catoptric assembly (21), which are positioned with respect to each other to form an imaging system of long focal length. The dioptric assembly (20) comprises two confocal paraboloidal mirrors (22, 23) arranged to form a telescope of the Mersenne type. The catoptric assembly (21) comprises lens elements arranged in two groups, viz., a field group (25) and a relay group (26), which are coaxially disposed with respect to the dioptric assembly (20). Only two different optical materials, viz., calcium fluoride crystal and Hoya LAC7 glass, are used in making the lens elements of the dioptric assembly (20). The dioptric assembly (20) is color-corrected at five wavelengths and has only negligible secondary and higher-order spectra in a wavelength band extending from the ultraviolet region to the near infrared region of the optical spectrum.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3110752 (1963-11-01), Becker
patent: 3529888 (1970-09-01), Buchroeder

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