Abstract
Unobstructed, plane-symmetric systems of three spherical mirrors
are investigated. Twelve parameters are necessary to specify the
configuration of such a system. Constraints are determined to
eliminate four of these parameters as independent degrees of
freedom. These constraints ensure appropriate first-order behavior
and are used to aid in two example design studies—one for a class of
systems with the object at infinity and another for a class of finite
conjugate projection systems. For the first study, a portion of the
associated merit-function space is systematically evaluated and
plotted, and the results are compared with those obtained when a global
optimizer is used. For the second study, a global optimizer is
employed as the primary search tool. Example systems from both
studies are presented.
© 2000 Optical Society of America
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