RIGID ENDOSCOPIC RELAY SYSTEMS - A COMPARATIVE-STUDY

Authors
TOMKINSON TH BENTLEY JL CRAWFORD MK HARKRIDER CJ MOORE DT ROUKE JL
Citation
Th. Tomkinson et al., RIGID ENDOSCOPIC RELAY SYSTEMS - A COMPARATIVE-STUDY, Applied optics, 35(34), 1996, pp. 6674-6683
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Applied optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036935
Volume
35
Issue
34
Year of publication
1996
Pages
6674 - 6683
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6935(1996)35:34<6674:RERS-A>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Relay systems in rigid endoscopes can compensate for aberrations in th e objective and the eyepiece. Five classes of rigid relay systems are examined: conventional; glass Hopkins; plastic lens, glass-rod Hopkins ; modified Hopkins; and gradient index. First-order theory, including achromatization, is developed for these systems. Design results are pr esented, and aberration, vignetting, and system length trade-offs are analyzed. (C) 1996 Optical Society of America