Freeform Offner relay systems using a sag addition technique for improved design, tolerancing, and analysis

Erin Elliott; Vladimir Smagley; Xu Chen; Eugene Lepekhin; Alessandra Croce; Po-Sheng Chiu; Tom Pickering

doi:10.1117/12.2692117

15 May 2024 Freeform Offner relay systems using a sag addition technique for improved design, tolerancing, and analysis

Erin Elliott, Vladimir Smagley, Xu Chen, Eugene Lepekhin, Alessandra Croce, Po-Sheng Chiu, Tom Pickering

Proceedings Volume 12798, International Optical Design Conference 2023; 127981C (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2692117
Event: International Optical Design Conference 2023, 2023, Quebec City, QC, Canada

Abstract

We use Offner relay designs to demonstrate powerful new tools for the design and evaluation of off-axis freeform mirrors. The new Composite capability in OpticStudio allows us to perturb any surface for better optimization, tolerancing, and analysis.

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Erin Elliott, Vladimir Smagley, Xu Chen, Eugene Lepekhin, Alessandra Croce, Po-Sheng Chiu, and Tom Pickering "Freeform Offner relay systems using a sag addition technique for improved design, tolerancing, and analysis", Proc. SPIE 12798, International Optical Design Conference 2023, 127981C (15 May 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2692117

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