Computer Aided Geometrical Optics Design.
Abstract
The purpose of this thesis was to employ the FALCON optical design computer program to accomplish the design and analysis of a complex optical system. To this end, a working knowledge of the code, its capabilities, its limitations, and of optical design techniques were all gained. The FALCON optical design and evaluation computer program was examined and applied to two efforts. The first effort involved the evaluation of a Cooke triplet and manual verification of some of the code's results. The second effort was the design of a beam expander, the function of which is to expand and square a high aspect ratio rectangular laser beam. The system uses a single spherical mirror and two cylindrical mirrors to produce the desired output. A brief discussion of the diffraction theory of aberrations and aberration balancing gives some of the basis upon which the FALCON code is constructed.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1983
- Accession Number
- ADA144559
Entities
People
- D. J. Tipple
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology