Imaging lens for interferometric device
US6297916A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 13, 2000 |
| Grant date | Oct 2, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 13, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B9/12
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An imaging lens having three lens groups is designed so that image aberrations of an object at infinity (i.e, a collimated beam) and of an object at a finite distance are very well-corrected so that the imaging lens is particularly suitable for use imaging interference patterns formed on a screen by a grazing incidence interferometer. The imaging lens is composed of the following lens components, in successive order from the most object side: a first lens component having an overall meniscus shape with its concave surface on the object side, a second lens component having negative or positive refractive power, and a third lens component of positive or negative refractive power. The refractive power of the second lens component and the third lens component are always of opposite sign, and specified conditions are satisfied in order to assure high quality imaging. Each lens component may be formed of a single lens element or of multiple lens elements.
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