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Document info 10. Compound Optics and Prisms Tuesday, 9/26/2006 Physics 158 Peter Beyersdorf 1
Document info 10.
Compound Opticsand PrismsTuesday, 9/26/2006
Physics 158Peter Beyersdorf
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Class Outline
Lens and mirror systems
Aberrations
Stops
Prisms
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Aberrations
Chromatic
Monochromatic
Spherical
Coma
Astigmatism
Field Curvature
Distortion
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Chromatic Aberration
Due to dispersion in glass lenses, different wavelengths will be bent by different amounts and be focus at different locations.
This can be compensated with a doublet using a suitable pair of materials for the two lenses
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Spherical AberrationsDeviation of a lens from the ideal shape of a cartesian oval (particularly great at large radial distances) gives rise to different focal points for rays at different radial positions
Transverse spread of a focused spot is called transverse spherical aberration (TSA)
Longitudinal spread of a focused spot is called Longitudinal spherical aberration (LSA)
The circle of least confusion is the location of minimal spot size
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Coma
Abberation from image “plane” not actually being plane
Off axis light creates a comet-like blurring of the image
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Astigmatism
Distortions of off-axis rays due to the difference in incident geometry of the sagittal and meridional rays
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Field Curvature
Aberration from object “plane” not being planar
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Distortion
Aberration from the positional dependance on the transverse magnification of a lens
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undistorted barrel distortionpincushion distortion
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Lens and Mirror Systems
Consider a system of multiple imaging elements
The image from one element can be the object for another
Multiple elements may be necessary to minimize certain aberrations (i.e. by compensating for the aberrations of one optic with those of another)
Various apertures in the system will limit the field of view and angular acceptance of the system
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Stops and Pupils
The element that ultimately limits how much light enters an optical system is the aperture stop for that system
The element that limits the field of the image is called the field stop
The image of the aperture stop seen from the object (at the optical axis) is called the entrance pupil
The image of the aperture stop seen from the image location (at the optical axis) is called the exit pupil
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Aperture Stops and Pupils
Find the aperture stop, entrance and exit pupil for the following compound system as seen from the object 80mm before the first lens
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x=-80 mm
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x=75 mmΦ=25 mm
x=100 mmΦ=25 mmf=50 mm
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Aperture Stops and Pupils
Find the aperture stop, entrance and exit pupil for the following compound system as seen from the object 80mm before the first lens
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x=0 mmΦ=50 mmf=100 mm
x=75 mmΦ=25 mm
x=100 mmΦ=25 mmf=50 mm
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Numerical Aperture
The amount of light a lens collects is a function of its numerical aperture, approximately the ratio of its diameter to its focal length
The inverse quantity is called the f/# of a lens
A high numerical aperture is said to be a “fast lens”. Why?
A camera lens has a series of F/#s that form a geometric series (f/1, f/1.4, f/2, f/2.8, f/4 …) why?
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Numerical Aperture
What are the benefits of having a fast lens (high numerical aperture)
Lots of light collection → bright image
Tightly focused spot (i.e. less diffraction)
What are the benefits of having a slow lens (low numerical aperture)
Reduced spherical aberation
Good depth of field
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Prisms
Prisms have a wide range of different applications in optics.
index measurement devicesretro-reflectorsoptical retarderswavelength based separatorsperiscopesbeam deflectorsbeam splitters
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Minimum Deviation Angle
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The deviation angle δ is
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This is a common way to measure very accurately the index of refraction of a material
Minimum Deviation Angle
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Prism Examples
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Littrow prism
Brewster’s angle at the entrance is n=tan θi1. For glass n≈1.5 so θi1≈56°
This type of prism is used in laser cavities as wavelength selection devices.
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Two Littrow prisms back-to-back can be used as a transmissive wavelength selective device.
For glass of n=1.5, α=68°
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Prism Examples
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Direct vision prism
This is a color separator that produces an undeviated ray for a certain wavelength
Typically the center piece is flint glass and the two outer components are crown glass
Constant deviation prism
The Pellin-Broca prismThis prism has a geometry such that an outgoing ray exits at 90° relative to the incoming ray.
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It is a single block of glass but can be viewed a three separate triangles consisting of two 30°-60° triangles joined by a 45°-45° triangle.
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More Prism Examples
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The right angle prism
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The Amici prism
It works like a right-angle prism, but the roof-top shape at the hypotenuse adds a reversion to the image
Total internal reflection reflects 100% of the light and introduces a reversion to the image
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More Prism Examples
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The Porro prism
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Two TIR reflections. Image reversion from right-angle prism is cancelled. Hence output has the same handedness as the input
Dove prism
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If we rotate the prism, the image rotates at twice the rate
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More Prism Examples
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The Penta prism
Causes a 90°. deviation without affecting the orientation of the image
Corner cube
Uses three bounce to reflect light back into the direction it came from
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More Prism Examples
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Rhomboid prism
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A special case of the rhomboid prism is the Fresnel rhomb, which is used to generate a phase shift of the orthogonal polarizations to produce circularly polarized light for 45°linearly polarized input light. Two successive rhombs produce a half-waveplate effect .
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More Prism Examples
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Double Porro prism
Used in binoculars for image erection.
Prism beam expander
For a single prism the magnification is
When θti=α we get maximum magnification
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Example Problem
Show that in a prism beam expander, the magnification along one axis of the image is
while along the other axis the magnification is unity
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Example Problem
Show that in a prism beam expander, the magnification along one axis of the image is
while along the other axis the magnification is unity
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Summary
Real world imaging systems suffer from various aberrations
Finite lens sizes lead to limits on the amount and angle of light collected
Compound lenses can be used to minimize distortions of improve the amount of angle of light collected.
Prisms perform a variety of imaging functions
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