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Jean-Paul MARIOGE: Engineer from École supérieure d'optique - Doctor of Optics
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A perfect optical instrument transforms a plane or spherical incident wave surface into a wave surface that is usually spherical. Aberrations or defects in the component surfaces alter the shape of the emerging wave: the wave oscillates on either side of a mean sphere. Shape deviations must be within the tolerances defined by the computer. The means of controlling optical surface defects are presented here.
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French Standards Association (Afnor)
- Optics and optical instruments – Optical treatments – Part 1: Definitions. Classification number: S10-005. - NF ISO 9211-1 - 6-1995
- Optics and optical instruments – Drawing indications for optical elements and systems – Part 1: General. Classification number: S10-008-1. - NF ISO 10110-1 - 12-1996
- Optics and optical instruments – Drawing indications for optical elements...
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