Abstract
Even though odd-order aspherical surfaces have sometimes been used in optics, their meaning and effectiveness have not been discussed enough to be fully understood. However, we have already discussed and derived mathematically that odd-order aspherical surfaces cannot be represented in the form of a power series of even-order even when rotationally symmetric. We have also explained that this result does not contradict the fact that the set of Zernike's circle polynominals forms a complete system and that their rotational symmetric terms consist only of even-order terms of radial coordinates. First, we reconsider these mathematical discussions. Second, we reveal that the first- and third-order aspherical surfaces are valuable in practical lens designing for catoptoric projection optics of extreme ultraviolet lithography.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 073003 |
Journal | Optical Engineering |
Volume | 49 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2010 Jul |
Keywords
- Zernike's circle polynominals
- aspherical surface
- extreme ultraviolet lithography
- odd-order aspherical surface
- optical design
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Engineering(all)