Abstract

The possibility is investigated of extending the design procedure developed by Cruickshank for differential correction of lens systems to include the effects of second derivatives. The most convenient variables for use in the first-order work prove unsuitable for the extension to second-order. Choosing new variables, a general method for using second-order coefficients is developed. This threatens to be laborious in practice, but a simplified procedure suitable for the case of bending is described having advantages over other methods commonly used at present.

© 1951 Optical Society of America

Differential Correction of an Optical System

A. Estelle Glancy
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 41(6) 389-396 (1951)

On the Final Correction of Geometrical Aberrations*

C. Moser
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 41(10) 727-729 (1951)

Optical Calculations with Automatic Computing Machinery*

Donald P. Feder
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 41(9) 630-635 (1951)

A Differential Refractometer*

B. A. Brice and M. Halwer
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 41(12) 1033-1037 (1951)

Ray Tracing Using the IBM Card Programmed Electronic Calculator*

William A. Allen and Richard H. Stark
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 41(9) 636-640 (1951)