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Optical surfaces: defect modeling and control

Author: Jean-Paul MARIOGE

Publication date: May 10, 2005

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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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