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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018

Filed:

Dec. 05, 2013
Applicant:

Yaujen Wang, Arcadia, CA (US);

Inventor:

Yaujen Wang, Arcadia, CA (US);

Assignee:

Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Falls Church, VA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 3/02 (2006.01); G02B 13/18 (2006.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01); G02B 13/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 13/18 (2013.01); G02B 13/16 (2013.01); G02B 27/0025 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for optical systems and methods. A compact optical system can include a fore optical assembly, an aft optical assembly, and a phase corrector plate located between the fore optical assembly and the aft optical assembly. The phase corrector plate can have a substantially flat first surface and a set of high order aspherical coefficients on the second surface. In one aspect, the fore optical assembly and the aft optical assembly comprise achromatic doublets, apochromatic triplets, or a combination of elements. In another aspect, a surface of the phase corrector plate is located near or at an optical stop.


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