Ray Selection And Weighting Criteria For Optical Design

Peter B. Keenan

doi:10.1117/12.953795

1 March 1974 Ray Selection And Weighting Criteria For Optical Design

Peter B. Keenan

Proceedings Volume 0039, Applications of Geometrical Optics II; (1974) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.953795
Event: Annual Technical Symposium, 1973, San Diego, United States

Abstract

In computer assisted optical design, it is necessary to have a single scalar function which represents the overall quality of the lens, a quantity which may be used as the basis for comparison by the program. Although this is normally referred to as the "merit" function, it is usually based on the defects in the image. Hence, the best lens has the smallest "merit", and the optimization procedures seek to minimize, the value of the merit function.

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Peter B. Keenan "Ray Selection And Weighting Criteria For Optical Design", Proc. SPIE 0039, Applications of Geometrical Optics II, (1 March 1974); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.953795

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