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  1. 60X microscope objective from Olympus provides less than 0.2 microns chromatic aberration

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    Thu, 11 Mar 2010

    under 0.1-0.2µm of chromatic aberration when working with lasers ..... experiments, the improvement in chromatic aberration means that users can now ..... up to 850nm. Not only is chromatic aberration vastly reduced, but other

  2. Pressing makes precision aspheres faster and cheaper

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    Mon, 1 May 1995

    Image defects such as chromatic aberration , coma, astigmatism, barrel distortion, and pincushion distortion are unavoidable consequences of spherical surfaces. In the past, designers have used a series of spherical lenses with aberrations that canceled each other. All these defects, except ...

  1. ASPHERES: Fabrication choices impact IR asphere design

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    Sun, 1 May 2011

    asphere surface provides chromatic aberration correction. The low sensitivity ..... zinc selenide, means this chromatic - aberration correction is relatively easy ..... To fully correct for chromatic aberration , 17 rings are necessary

  2. ASPHERES: Fabrication choices impact IR asphere design

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    Sun, 1 May 2011

    asphere surface provides chromatic aberration correction. The low sensitivity ..... zinc selenide, means this chromatic - aberration correction is relatively easy ..... To fully correct for chromatic aberration , 17 rings are necessary

  3. MEDICAL OCT: Ultra-high-resolution optical coherence tomography gets adaptive-optic ‘glasses’

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    Mon, 1 Dec 2008

    entrance (see Fig. 1). Chromatic aberration The human eye suffers from significant chromatic aberration , due primarily to its watery ..... extensively studied longitudinal chromatic aberration (LCA) and transverse chromatic

  4. GRIN lens simplifies precision borescope design

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    Sat, 1 Feb 1997

    easily balance the axial chromatic aberration in the relay with that of ..... correct for axial and lateral chromatic aberration introduced by the other optical ..... endoGRINS relay, and the lateral chromatic aberration in the objective is balanced

  5. TECHSPEC SWIR Fixed Focal Length Imaging Lenses Designed for 0.9µm to 1.7µm Wavelength Range

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    Mon, 23 Apr 2012

    Using lenses designed for the visible spectrum results in images that are defocused and contain high amounts of chromatic aberration ." Low f# for high throughput TECHSPEC SWIR Fixed Focal Length Imaging Lenses, designed for short-wave infrared

  6. PHOTONICS APPLIED: PHOTOVOLTAICS: Not all solar simulators are created equal

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    Thu, 1 Sep 2011

    source—an advantage over systems using diffusers that reduce intensity, and lens-based systems that introduce chromatic aberration .” An LED-based simulator? Researchers at the Bavarian Center of Applied Energy Research (ZAE Bayern) and

  7. ENDOSCOPY: Coherent Raman scanning-fiber endoscope images at 7 fps

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    Thu, 1 Sep 2011

    focus the excitation light. The 1.4-mm-diameter lens uses the diffractive optic to achieve near-zero axial chromatic aberration at the chosen wavelengths. Because the sources emit picosecond pulses, ordinary silica fibers can be used for

  8. Hybrid plastic aspheres--one of those optical-engineering essentials?

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    Tue, 22 Jun 2010

    portion removes spherical aberration, while the diffractive surface has a negative optical dispersion, minimizing chromatic aberration . Edmund notes that the lenses are "ideally suited for imaging and ophthalmic applications, and for use with