On the Degrees of Freedom of Freeform Optics

Abstract: 

We address here the problem of the number of freeform surfaces and the degrees-of-freedom they provide in optics design. We analyze the degrees-of-freedom lost when prescribing a mapping between object-and-image or source-and-receiver.


Publication type: 
Dissertation by Invitation
Published in: 
Imaging and Applied Optics: OSA Optics & Photonics Congress, Freeform Optics 2015. Arlington, Virginia United States
ISBN/ISSN: 
ISBN: 978-1-943580-00-2
Publication date: 
June 2015
CeDInt Authors: 
Other Authors: 
Jingfei Ye