Bifocon Optics Gmbh

Werner Fiala

Johann Pingitzer

A multifocal diffractive lens includes at least two annular zone lenses. Provided between adjacent annular zone lenses is an optical step. Each annular zone lens exhibits a refractive power profile D.sub.g,i (r) wherein i is any i-th annular zone lens and r is the distance between an axis of the diffractive lens and a point on a back surface of the lens. The lens is further characterized in that an average power of zones i,j . . . are given by D.sub.av,i, D.sub.avj . . . respectively, and optical path lengths of light rays extending from an object point to a conjugated image point are different by the optical step for light rays transmitting through adjacent annular zone lenses. The annular zone lenses are shaped and positioned such that all of the average refractive powers D.sub.av,i, D.sub.avj . . . are substantially equal to a single value, D.sub.av.

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Schattendorf, Austria

Johann Pingitzer