Achromatic objectives are constructed by combining two or more lenses with
properly chosen powers made of materials with different dispersions. We pre
sent a new approach that simplifies the design of multilens achromaric comb
inations as well as the choice of materials for them and show how this meth
od can be applied to the design of a four-lens superachromatic combination.
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