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Design of a spherical focal surface using close-packed relay optics.

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Son, HS; Marks, DL; Hahn, J; Kim, J; Brady, DJ
Published in: Opt Express
August 15, 2011

This paper presents a design strategy for close-packing circular finite-conjugate optics to create a spherical focal surface. Efficient packing of circles on a sphere is commonly referred to as the Tammes problem and various methods for packing optimization have been investigated, such as iterative point-repulsion simulations. The method for generating the circle distributions proposed here is based on a distorted icosahedral geodesic. This has the advantages of high degrees of symmetry, minimized variations in circle separations, and computationally inexpensive generation of configurations with N circles, where N is the number of vertices on the geodesic. These properties are especially beneficial for making a continuous focal surface and results show that circle packing densities near steady-state maximum values found with other methods can be achieved.

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Opt Express

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1094-4087

Publication Date

August 15, 2011

Volume

19

Issue

17

Start / End Page

16132 / 16138

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Optics
  • 5102 Atomic, molecular and optical physics
  • 4009 Electronics, sensors and digital hardware
  • 4006 Communications engineering
  • 1005 Communications Technologies
  • 0906 Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • 0205 Optical Physics
 

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Son, H. S., Marks, D. L., Hahn, J., Kim, J., & Brady, D. J. (2011). Design of a spherical focal surface using close-packed relay optics. Opt Express, 19(17), 16132–16138. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.19.016132
Journal cover image

Published In

Opt Express

DOI

EISSN

1094-4087

Publication Date

August 15, 2011

Volume

19

Issue

17

Start / End Page

16132 / 16138

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Optics
  • 5102 Atomic, molecular and optical physics
  • 4009 Electronics, sensors and digital hardware
  • 4006 Communications engineering
  • 1005 Communications Technologies
  • 0906 Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • 0205 Optical Physics