Short Note

[OPTICAL REVIEW Vol. 8, No. 1 (2001) 81-84]

Chromatic Properties of SiO2-BaO-TiO2-K2O Series Radial Gradient-Index Material

Hirofumi TSUCHIDA, Satoshi NODA, Toshiyuki NAGAOKA and Kimiaki YAMAMOTO

Olympus Optical Co., Ltd. Corporate Research Division, 2-3, Kuboyama-cho, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192-8512 Japan

(Received October 6, 2000; Accepted November 7, 2000)

Chromatic properties of SiO2-BaO-TiO2-K2O series radial gradient-index material in the range of visible wavelengths are presented and the possibility of apochromatic microscope objectives is considered.

Key words: radial gradient-index, lens system, imaging system, optical design, Sol-Gel method, chromatic aberration, secondary color, partial dispersion, apochromat

h_tsuchida@ot.olympus.co.jp

 

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