Design of optical systems with toroidal curved detectors.

@article{Muslimov2018DesignOO,
  title={Design of optical systems with toroidal curved detectors.},
  author={Eduard R. Muslimov and Emmanuel Hugot and Marc Ferrari and Thibault Behaghel and Gerard Rene Lemaitre and M{\'e}lanie Roulet and Simona Lombardo},
  journal={Optics letters},
  year={2018},
  volume={43 13},
  pages={
          3092-3095
        }
}
We consider using toroidal curved detectors to improve the performance of imaging optical systems. We demonstrate that some optical systems have an anamorphic field curvature. We consider an unobscured reimaging three-mirror anastigmat as an example (f'=960  mm, F/5.3, ωx×ωy=4°×4°). By assuming that the image is focused on a toroidal detector surface and performing reoptimization, it becomes possible to obtain a notable gain in the image quality-up to 40% in terms of the spot root mean square… 
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