Inventors:
Christopher Carl Alexay - Keene NH, US
International Classification:
G02B 13/18, G02B 9/02
Abstract:
A lens design comprising a positive lens made of barium fluoride crystal material and a negative lens element made of glass with dispersive properties common to the family of Schott type materials enabling an object to be imaged with superior chromatic aberration correction in the spectral range extending from the visible to the near-infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum. The achromatic lens design as described has negligible residual and higher order chromatic aberration throughout the visible, the near-infrared or simultaneously both the visible and near-infrared regions of the electromagnetic spectrum.