19 August 2019 Analytic formulation of a refractive-reflective telescope free of spherical aberration
Rafael G. González-Acuña, Julio C. Gutiérrez-Vega
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Abstract

We present the general formulae to compute an aspheric mirror such as it corrects the spherical aberration generated by an arbitrary number of preceding refractive surfaces.

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Rafael G. González-Acuña and Julio C. Gutiérrez-Vega "Analytic formulation of a refractive-reflective telescope free of spherical aberration," Optical Engineering 58(8), 085105 (19 August 2019). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.58.8.085105
Received: 16 May 2019; Accepted: 2 August 2019; Published: 19 August 2019
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KEYWORDS
Telescopes

Mirrors

Monochromatic aberrations

Refractor telescopes

Aspheric optics

Optical instrument design

Geometrical optics

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