Design of an anastigmat two-mirror microscope

Shao-Hua Chao; David L. Shealy

doi:10.1117/12.219523

15 September 1995 Design of an anastigmat two-mirror microscope

Shao-Hua Chao, David L. Shealy

Proceedings Volume 2540, Current Developments in Optical Design and Engineering V; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.219523
Event: SPIE's 1995 International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1995, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The generalized Coddington equations from caustic theory, the Abbe sine condition, and the constant optical path length condition have been used to design two-mirror microscope systems. These two-microscope systems are free of two of the three aberrations -- spherical aberration, coma, or astigmatism, depending on which two of the three design conditions are used. The optical performance of the resulting two-microscope systems has been compared to that of the Schwarzschild microscope and the Head microscope. The goal of this study is to identify design methods for reflective systems which will yield diffraction limited performance for large numerical apertures and fields of view. Also, these design methods are being extended to a three-mirror telescope.

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Shao-Hua Chao and David L. Shealy "Design of an anastigmat two-mirror microscope", Proc. SPIE 2540, Current Developments in Optical Design and Engineering V, (15 September 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.219523

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