All-reflective optical target illumination system with high numerical aperture
Abstract
An all-reflective optical system for providing illumination of a target focal region at high numerical aperture from a pair of confluent collimated light beams. The collimated beams are each incident upon an associated concave eccentric pupil paraboloidal reflective surface, and thereby each focused through an opening in an associated outer ellipsoidal reflective surface onto a plane reflector. Each beam is reflected by its associated plane reflector onto the opposing concave surface of the outer ellipsoids to be focused through an opening in the plane surface onto an opposing inner concave ellipsoidal reflective surface, and thence onto the target region.
- Inventors:
-
- Ann Arbor, MI
- Newport, CA
- Issue Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 863383
- Patent Number(s):
- 4161351
- Assignee:
- United States of America as represented by Department of Energy (Washington, DC)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
-
G - PHYSICS G02 - OPTICS G02B - OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS
- DOE Contract Number:
- E(11-1)-2709
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- all-reflective; optical; target; illumination; numerical; aperture; providing; focal; region; pair; confluent; collimated; light; beams; incident; associated; concave; eccentric; pupil; paraboloidal; reflective; surface; focused; outer; ellipsoidal; plane; reflector; beam; reflected; opposing; ellipsoids; inner; thence; collimated light; all-reflective optical; reflective optical; target region; numerical aperture; light beam; light beams; reflective surface; collimated beam; concave surface; target illumination; focal region; providing illumination; optical target; collimated beams; confluent collimated; target focal; /359/376/
Citation Formats
Thomas, Carlton E, Sigler, Robert D, and Hoeger, John G. All-reflective optical target illumination system with high numerical aperture. United States: N. p., 1979.
Web.
Thomas, Carlton E, Sigler, Robert D, & Hoeger, John G. All-reflective optical target illumination system with high numerical aperture. United States.
Thomas, Carlton E, Sigler, Robert D, and Hoeger, John G. Mon .
"All-reflective optical target illumination system with high numerical aperture". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/863383.
@article{osti_863383,
title = {All-reflective optical target illumination system with high numerical aperture},
author = {Thomas, Carlton E and Sigler, Robert D and Hoeger, John G},
abstractNote = {An all-reflective optical system for providing illumination of a target focal region at high numerical aperture from a pair of confluent collimated light beams. The collimated beams are each incident upon an associated concave eccentric pupil paraboloidal reflective surface, and thereby each focused through an opening in an associated outer ellipsoidal reflective surface onto a plane reflector. Each beam is reflected by its associated plane reflector onto the opposing concave surface of the outer ellipsoids to be focused through an opening in the plane surface onto an opposing inner concave ellipsoidal reflective surface, and thence onto the target region.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1979},
month = {Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1979}
}
Save to My Library
You must Sign In or Create an Account in order to save documents to your library.