Refractive/diffractive optics: promise for the future

John L. Bala

doi:10.1117/12.216807

18 August 1995 Refractive/diffractive optics: promise for the future

John L. Bala

Proceedings Volume 2622, Optical Engineering Midwest '95; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.216807
Event: Optical Engineering Midwest '95, 1995, Chicago, IL, United States

Abstract

Today's optical designers face new corporate cultures whose priorities include product performance as only one criteria for success. Designers must also address cost constraints, new and unfamiliar skill requirements, overhead containment, maintenance of profit margins, and staff reductions. Old skills must be applied in new ways. New diamond-turning machine technology has made it possible to construct injection molding tools which combine refraction and diffraction into a single lens element. New polymer materials render the designs to be technically and commercially feasible. The significance of combining refraction and diffraction in a single lens element should not be underestimated, as it will expand the capability of polymer optics beyond its refractive limitations. Use of this technology can restructure domestic optical manufacturing.

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John L. Bala "Refractive/diffractive optics: promise for the future", Proc. SPIE 2622, Optical Engineering Midwest '95, (18 August 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.216807

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