High speed catadioptric system
OwnerLudvik Canzekinventor
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This invention provides a high speed catadioptric system of F/1.2. The lens system comprises, in accordance with the advance of the light rays, a front lens, a main mirror lens, a counter mirror surfaced to the central portion of the front lens, and a field lens system. The field lens system is composed of the unsilvered central portion of the main mirror lens and additional lenses immediately adjacent to the main mirror lens at its object- and image side. The same glass is used for the front lens and the main mirror lens. This glass is light, cheap and rather resistant to chemical attack. Three preferred embodiments present a rather high state of correction for the wavelength range from 400 nm to 1000 nm, providing a high contrast image with good detectability of poor-contrast objects. Such lens systems, in spite of their good performance, are of rather simple construction bringing about a lower price of manufacture than known systems. The new lenses are useful also for systems used at low light level employing image intensifier tubes of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation.
A high speed catadioptric system comprising in the order of the transmission of a regular light ray:
A high speed catadioptric system with a first single front lens (L.sub.1), a main mirror lens (M.sub.1) with an unsilvered central portion (L.sub.3), a counter mirror (M.sub.2) and a field lens system (L.sub.2, L.sub.3, L.sub.4), comprising a field lens system composed of the dioptrically effective central portion (L.sub.3) of the main mirror lens and lenses (L.sub.2, L.sub.4) immediately adjacent to said central portion (L.sub.3) on the object side and on the image side, the field lens system being convergent, wherein the elements of the system referred to have the following numerical values:
A high speed catadioptric system with a first single front lens (L.sub.1), a main mirror lens (M.sub.1) with an unsilvered central portion (L.sub.3), a counter mirror (M.sub.2) and a field lens system (L.sub.2, L.sub.3, L.sub.4), comprising a field lens system composed of the dioptrically effective central portion (L.sub.3) of the main mirror lens and lenses (L.sub.2, L.sub.4) immediately adjacent to said central portion (L.sub.3) on the object side and on the image side, the field lens system being convergent, wherein the elements of the system referred to have the following numerical values:
A high speed catadioptric system with a first single front lens (L.sub.1), a main mirror lens (M.sub.1) with an unsilvered central portion (L.sub.3), a counter mirror (M.sub.2) and a field lens system (L.sub.2, L.sub.3, L.sub.4), comprising a field lens system containing three optical members (L.sub.1 ;
A high speed catadioptric system with a first single front lens (L.sub.1), a main mirror lens (M.sub.1) with an unsilvered central portion (L.sub.3), a counter mirror (M.sub.2) and a field lens system (L.sub.2, L.sub.3, L.sub.4), comprising a field lens system composed of the dioptrically effective central portion (L.sub.3) of the main mirror lens and lenses (L.sub.2, L.sub.4) immediately adjacent to said central portion (L.sub.3) on the object side and on the image side, the field lens system being convergent, a field lens system (L.sub.2, L.sub.3, L.sub.4) with at least one lens (L.sub.4) immediately adjacent to said central portion (L.sub.3) of the main mirror lens (M.sub.1) on the image side, the component (L.sub.4) on the image side being divergent, wherein the elements of the system referred to have the following numerical values:
A high speed catadioptric system with a first single front lens (L.sub.1), a main mirror lens (M.sub.1) with an unsilvered central portion (L.sub.3), a counter mirror (M.sub.2) and a field lens system (L.sub.2, L.sub.3, L.sub.4), comprising a field lens system composed of the dioptrically effective central portion (L.sub.3) of the main mirror lens and lenses (L.sub.2, L.sub.4) immediately adjacent to said central portion (L.sub.3) on the object side and on the image side, the field lens system being convergent, a field lens system (L.sub.2, L.sub.3, L.sub.4) with at least one lens (L.sub.4) immediately adjacent to said central portion (L.sub.3) of the main mirror lens (M.sub.1) on the image side, the component (L.sub.4) on the image side being divergent, wherein the elements of the system referred to have the following numerical values:
A high speed catadioptric system with a first single front lens (L.sub.1), a main mirror lens (M.sub.1) with an unsilvered central portion (L.sub.3), a counter mirror (M.sub.2) and a field lens system (L.sub.2, L.sub.3, L.sub.4), comprising a field lens system composed of the dioptrically effective central portion (L.sub.3) of the main mirror lens and lenses (L.sub.2, L.sub.4) immediately adjacent to said central portion (L.sub.3) on the object side and on the image side, the field lens system being convergent, a field lens system (L.sub.2, L.sub.3, L.sub.4) with at least one lens (L.sub.4) immediately adjacent to said central portion (L.sub.3) of the main mirror lens (M.sub.1) on the image side, the component (L.sub.4) on the image side being divergent, wherein the elements of the system referred to have the following numerical values:
A high speed catadioptric system with a first single front lens (L.sub.1), a main mirror lens (M.sub.1) with an unsilvered central portion (L.sub.3), a counter mirror (M.sub.2) and a field lens system (L.sub.2, L.sub.3, L.sub.4), comprising a field lens system composed of the dioptrically effective central portion (L.sub.3) of the main mirror lens and lenses (L.sub.2, L.sub.4) immediately adjacent to said central portion (L.sub.3) on the object side and on the image side, the field lens system being convergent, a field lens system (L.sub.2, L.sub.3, L.sub.4) with at least one lens (L.sub.2) immediately adjacent to said central portion (L.sub.3) of the main mirror lens (M.sub.1) on the object side, the component (L.sub.2) on the object side being convergent, wherein the elements of the system referred to have the following numerical values:
A high speed catadioptric system with a first single front lens (L.sub.1), a main mirror lens (M.sub.1) with an unsilvered central portion (L.sub.3), a counter mirror (M.sub.2) and a field lens system (L.sub.2, L.sub.3, L.sub.4), comprising a field lens system composed of the dioptrically effective central portion (L.sub.3) of the main mirror lens and lenses (L.sub.2, L.sub.4) immediately adjacent to said central portion (L.sub.3) on the object side and on the image side, the field lens system being convergent, a field lens system (L.sub.2, L.sub.3, L.sub.4) with at least one lens (L.sub.2) immediately adjacent to said central portion (L.sub.3) of the main mirror lens (M.sub.1) on the object side, the component (L.sub.2) on the object side being convergent, wherein the elements of the system referred to have the following numerical values:
A high speed catadioptric system with a first single front lens (L.sub.1), a main mirror lens (M.sub.1) with an unsilvered central portion (L.sub.3), a counter mirror (M.sub.2) and a field lens system (L.sub.2, L.sub.3, L.sub.4), comprising a field lens system containing three optical members (L.sub.1 ;
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