Gradient-index optics: a review
- 1 April 1980
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Applied Optics
- Vol. 19 (7), 1035-1038
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.19.001035
Abstract
The subject of gradient-index optics dates from the 1850s. However, only in the last 10 years has it been possible to design lenses, manufacture materials, measure the properties, and fabricate finished lens elements. The current status of gradient-index optics is reviewed.Keywords
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