On-axis diffraction-limited bi-conical lenses

J Opt Soc Am A Opt Image Sci Vis. 2022 Jan 1;39(1):107-114. doi: 10.1364/JOSAA.439565.

Abstract

A diffraction-limited lens having both surfaces conic is shown. The analytical and numerical calculation for all possible solutions of the conical front and back surfaces is presented. Object and image distances, lens thickness, and refractive index are prescribed. The process to obtain on-axis diffraction-limited images with bi-conic lenses and the proof of the method, corroborated through an example in Oslo, are described here.