Optical: systems and elements – Diffraction – From zone plate
Patent
1992-03-27
1993-11-09
Lerner, Martin
Optical: systems and elements
Diffraction
From zone plate
359569, 359708, 359742, G02B 302, G02B 2744
Patent
active
052608280
ABSTRACT:
A lens composed of a single material and having at least one refractive surface on one face and a kinoform on the other face. The purely refractive between the surfaces varies dimensionally and in refractive index in response to temperature changes and thereby changes a characteristic, such as back focal length, of the lens while the kinoform varies differently in response to the same temperature changes. The kinoform power is sufficient to vary the temperature induced characteristic changes of the lens in an opposing sense at a given wavelength and in an amount sufficient to athermalize the optical device. In one embodiment the kinoform power compensates for the combined temperature-induced effects upon the refractive portion and any mount that supports the lens.
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Londono Carmina
Plummer William T.
Caufield Francis J.
Lerner Martin
Polaroid Corporation
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