Theory and method of microstructure DOE as substitution for aspheric surface

Tao Ma; Guoguang Yang; Jian Bai; Xiyun Hou; Yibing Shen

doi:10.1117/12.576251

7 February 2005 Theory and method of microstructure DOE as substitution for aspheric surface

Tao Ma, Guoguang Yang, Jian Bai, Xiyun Hou, Yibing Shen

Proceedings Volume 5636, Holography, Diffractive Optics, and Applications II; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.576251
Event: Photonics Asia, 2004, Beijing, China

Abstract

On the basis of Fresnel diffraction theory, surface microstructure of diffractive optical element (DOE) based on sphere using for aspheric surface was presented in this paper according to the same performance of introducing aspericity into optical system. Spherical DOE uses sphere taking the main focusing power and diffractive microstructure compensating the phase difference from aspheric surface to reference sphere. Thus, spherical DOE has the advantage of avoiding the difficulties of fabrication and measurement of aspheric surface and constructing the DOE microstructure in larger range than the DOE based on planar surface with the limitation of the critical dimension. An important aspect of this method is how to obtain the best fitting reference sphere to aspheric surface. The reference wavelength and the critical dimension were introduced into the limiting condition as the choosing criterion of the best fitting reference sphere. With this method all the lens surface of optical systems can be fabricated as sphere. The theory and method was proved and emulated with computer. Microstructure DOE based on sphere as substitution for aspheric surface is feasible in practice.

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Tao Ma, Guoguang Yang, Jian Bai, Xiyun Hou, and Yibing Shen "Theory and method of microstructure DOE as substitution for aspheric surface", Proc. SPIE 5636, Holography, Diffractive Optics, and Applications II, (7 February 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.576251

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