Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Two mirror unobscured telescopes with tilted focal surfaces
- Patent Title (中): 两个具有倾斜焦距面的镜面视野望远镜
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Application No.: US13117281Application Date: 2011-05-27
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Publication No.: US08947778B2Publication Date: 2015-02-03
- Inventor: Richard F. Horton
- Applicant: Richard F. Horton
- Agent Mark Wisnosky
- Main IPC: G02B23/06
- IPC: G02B23/06 ; G02B17/06 ; G02B23/02

Abstract:
New families of two mirror unobscured telescopes with compact Schiefspiegler, eccentric pupil Cassegrain geometries, incorporating aspheres, tilted and decentered secondaries, and tilted decentered focal surfaces. These variables allow control of focal surface tilt. All embodiments, from f/5 to f/16, are totally reflecting, fully baffled systems, with wide diffraction limited FOVs and unobscured aperture MTFs. Systems optimized with the focal plane normal to the gut ray are well suited for visual and general use. They can incorporate a variable iris for f/number control and allow focusing along the gut ray with minimal field tilt. Systems optimized with a fixed focal plane tilt are well suited for high resolution, wide field collimators and IR scene generators. Any light reflected at focus can be trapped, eliminating Narcissus or “cats eye” effects. Additionally, this reflection can be used to provide a uniform “background” irradiance field.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120200914A1 TWO MIRROR UNOBSCURED TELESCOPES WITH TILTED FOCAL SURFACES Public/Granted day:2012-08-09
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