2006 IODC lens design problem: the lens shuffler

Richard C. Juergens; Paul K. Manhart

doi:10.1117/12.695230

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20 July 2006 2006 IODC lens design problem: the lens shuffler

Richard C. Juergens, Paul K. Manhart

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Proceedings Volume 6342, International Optical Design Conference 2006; 63421U (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.695230
Event: International Optical Design Conference 2006, 2006, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Abstract

The lens design problem for the 2006 IODC is to take a cylinder of N-BK7 glass 100 mm long and divide it into two separate lenses, which when shuffled back together like a deck of cards will reform the original glass cylinder. The two lenses must have the same focal length, entrance pupil diameter, and field of view, and must both be near diffractionlimited in performance. There is no restriction on the number of elements in each lens, as long as they can reform the glass cylinder. The merit function is the product of the entrance pupil diameter and the semi-field of view. There were 32 entries; the number of elements in each sub-lens varied from 5 to 37. The merit functions varied from less than 100 to over 400. The winning entry had an EPD of 17.8 mm and a field of view of 22.78° for a merit function of 405.53.

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Richard C. Juergens and Paul K. Manhart "2006 IODC lens design problem: the lens shuffler", Proc. SPIE 6342, International Optical Design Conference 2006, 63421U (20 July 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.695230

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