Optical systems with asymetric magnification

The optical system of claim 7 wherein the linear detector comprises a plurality of sensing elements, wherein each of the plurality of sensing elements comprises a sensing element length and a sensing element width, wherein the sensing element length is measured parallel to the linear detector width and the sensing element width is measured parallel to the linear detector length, and wherein the sensing element length is greater than the sensing element. (Possibly insert here something like:

• The optical system of claim 8 wherein the sensing element consists of a plurality of pixels aligned approximately parallel to the along track direction.) If this is okay, also include a similar statement for the following major claims—this is to account for binning pixels, as per FIG. 5.

An optical system comprising:

• a plurality of anamorphic optics comprising a first anamorphic optic and a second anamorphic optic, where the plurality of anamorphic optics are configured to provide afocal magnification to a signal beam in an along track direction more than in a cross track direction to produce a magnified beam, wherein the along track direction is perpendicular to the cross track direction, and;
• a line scan imager, wherein the line scan imager comprises an objective lens and a linear detector, and wherein the line scan imager is configured such that the magnified beam impinges on the objective lens.

The method of claim 17 wherein directing the magnified beam comprises directing the magnified beam into the line scan imager wherein the linear detector comprises a plurality of sensing elements, wherein the plurality of sensing elements have a sensing element width measured parallel to the linear detector length and a sensing element length measured parallel to the linear detector width, and the sensing element length is greater than the sensing element width. (Possibly insert here something like:

• The optical system of claim 18 wherein the sensing element consists of a plurality of pixels aligned approximately parallel to the along track direction.) If this is okay, also include a similar statement for the following major claims—this is to account for binning pixels, as per FIG. 5.