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9 September 2019 General formula of the refractive telescope design free spherical aberration
Rafael G. González Acuña, Julio C. Gutiérrez-Vega
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Abstract
We present a general analytic and close-form formula to determine the shape of a surface that corrects the spherical aberration generated by an arbitrary number of preceding surfaces in a refractive telescope.
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Rafael G. González Acuña and Julio C. Gutiérrez-Vega "General formula of the refractive telescope design free spherical aberration", Proc. SPIE 11105, Novel Optical Systems, Methods, and Applications XXII, 111050Z (9 September 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2527343
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KEYWORDS
Monochromatic aberrations

Telescopes

Optical design

Interfaces

Optical components

Refractive index

Telescope design

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