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Sensors • Vol 24 • No 15
Geometry Selection in Three-Mirror Freeform Imagers with an Accessible Exit Pupil
July 2024 • Aaron Bauer, Eric M. Schiesser, Jannick P. Rolland
Reimaging telescopes have an accessible exit pupil that facilitates stray light mitigation and matching to auxiliary optical systems. Freeform surfaces present the opportunity for unobscured reflective systems to be folded into geometries that are otherwise impracticable with conventional surface types. It is critical, however, to understand the limitations of the enabled folding geometries and choose the one that best balances the optical performance and mechanical requirements. Here, we used the aberration theor…
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