Optimization Challenges
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Minimize RMS Spot Size
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Design an Achromatic Doublet
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Moderate Wide-Angle Lens Optimization
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Challenge Brief
Objective
Minimize polychromatic RMS spot size across 5 field points
Rules
- Object distance: Infinity
- EFL: 50 mm ± 1%
- F-number: f/4 ± 2%
- Elements: 3 – 6
- Surface type: spherical only
- Glasses: any supported catalog glass
- Stop location: user-defined, but must remain within the optical system
- BFD: ≥ 10 mm
- Total track length: ≤ 80 mm
- Field points (semi-field): 0°, 7°, 10°, 12°, 14°
- Wavelengths: 0.486, 0.588, 0.656 μm with equal weights
- Distortion: ≤ 2% at every field point
- Minimum center thickness: 2 mm per element
- Minimum edge thickness: 1 mm
- Penalty term:
Pmust penalize every constraint violation
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