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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2012
Guy Beadie, Falls Church, VA (US);
Erin F. Fleet, Springfield, VA (US);
Guy Beadie, Falls Church, VA (US);
Erin F. Fleet, Springfield, VA (US);
The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A method of making an achromatic gradient index singlet lens comprising utilizing a gradient index material with a curved front surface in which light does not follow a straight line as it travels through the material and wherein different color rays traverse different curved paths, utilizing the natural dispersion of the curved front surface as a strong positive lens, and developing a weakly diverging GRIN distribution within the lens to balance the chromatic aberrations of the curved front surface.