Accession Number:

AD0296404

Title:

RESEARCH ON FUNDAMENTALS OF GEOMETRICAL OPTICS

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ROCHESTER UNIV NY INST OF OPTICS

Personal Author(s):

• HOPKINS, ROBERT E.

Report Date:

1962-10-31

Pagination or Media Count:

84.0

Abstract:

A set of programs are prepared to carry out many of the requirements for automatic lens design on a data processing machine. This set of programs is called ORDEALS. The ORDEALS programs are described as follows optics programs for the computer, a general linearization method for automatic lens correction, and an introduction to the geometric optical frequency response.

Descriptors:

• *OPTICS
• *LENSES
• OPTICAL IMAGES
• SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
• DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
• GEOMETRY
• CORRECTIONS
• COMPUTER PROGRAMMING
• COMPUTERS
• OPTICAL ANALYSIS

Subject Categories:

• Optics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE