Wide field of view telescope

Ackermann, Mark R; McGraw, John T; Zimmer, Peter C

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Title: Wide field of view telescope

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A wide field of view telescope having two concave and two convex reflective surfaces, each with an aspheric surface contour, has a flat focal plane array. Each of the primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary reflective surfaces are rotationally symmetric about the optical axis. The combination of the reflective surfaces results in a wide field of view in the range of approximately 3.8.degree. to approximately 6.5.degree.. The length of the telescope along the optical axis is approximately equal to or less than the diameter of the largest of the reflective surfaces.

Inventors:

Ackermann, Mark R ^[1]; McGraw, John T ^[2]; Zimmer, Peter C ^[1]

Albuquerque, NM
Placitas, NM

Issue Date:: Tue Jan 15 00:00:00 EST 2008

Research Org.:: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 927839

Patent Number(s):: 7319556

Assignee:: Sandia Corporation

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: G - PHYSICS G02 - OPTICS G02B - OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS

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G - PHYSICS G02 - OPTICS G02B - OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS
G02B17/0652 - {on-axis systems with at least one of the mirrors having a central aperture}

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DOE Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION

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Four families of flat-field three-mirror anastigmatic telescopes with only one mirror aspherized
conference, September 2002

Rakich, Andrew
International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, SPIE Proceedings
https://doi.org/10.1117/12.482193

The Mersenne-Schmidt: a three-mirror survey telescope
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Willstrop, R. V.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 210, Issue 3
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Aplanatic corrector designs for the extremely large telescope
journal, January 2000

Moretto, Gil; Sebring, Thomas A.; Ray, Frank B.
Applied Optics, Vol. 39, Issue 16
https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.39.002805

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Citation Formats

Four families of flat-field three-mirror anastigmatic telescopes with only one mirror aspherized conference, September 2002

The Mersenne-Schmidt: a three-mirror survey telescope journal, October 1984

Aplanatic corrector designs for the extremely large telescope journal, January 2000

Four families of flat-field three-mirror anastigmatic telescopes with only one mirror aspherized
conference, September 2002

The Mersenne-Schmidt: a three-mirror survey telescope
journal, October 1984

Aplanatic corrector designs for the extremely large telescope
journal, January 2000