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Optical objectives

US4266849A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 16, 1977
Grant dateMay 12, 1981
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 16, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B23/06
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention is a new telescopic optical system that comprises a concave primary reflector and a retro-directive reflector for reflecting light from the primary reflector and forming an erect real image at a plane within the system. In the preferred embodiment the retro-directive reflector is a corner reflector and no intermediate inverted image is found.

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