By Scott Sparrold OR One can select two components to passively athermalize a lens. Notice the conjunction used to connect those two statements. It is a half truth. In some cases it can be an "AND". This section describes the process: => One can select two components to color correct and passively athermalize a lens!!!!
The preceding shows how to design a doublet. Very often, the materials available do not conform and it requires the desinger to consider greater than 2 optical elements. The preceding method can be used for more than two elements
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