An application of the SMS method for imaging designs

Opt Express. 2009 Dec 21;17(26):24036-44. doi: 10.1364/OE.17.024036.

Abstract

The Simultaneous Multiple Surface (SMS) method in planar geometry (2D) is applied to imaging designs, generating lenses that compare well with aplanatic designs. When the merit function utilizes image quality over the entire field (not just paraxial), the SMS strategy is superior. In fact, the traditional aplanatic approach is actually a particular case of the SMS strategy.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms*
  • Computer Simulation
  • Computer-Aided Design*
  • Equipment Design / methods*
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Lenses*
  • Models, Theoretical*