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Thin Lenses and Chromatic Aberrations

FEB 01, 2015
Designing a system of lenses that will make red light and blue light come to a focus
Dwight E. Neuenschwander Professor of Physics, Southern Nazarene University, Bethany, OK

A heavy chromatic aberration occurs in a virtual reality software demonstration. Image courtesy of Filip Hajek/Bill Cummings.

A heavy chromatic aberration occurs in a virtual reality software demonstration. Image courtesy of Filip Hajek/Bill Cummings.

Imagine you, a physicist, have been hired as an optical engineer for a camera manufacturing company. You have been given the task of designing a system of lenses that will make red light and blue light come to a focus at the same spot...

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