Design of a stigmatic lens implementing a required ray mapping

We consider a method for designing stigmatic lenses implementing required ray mappings. A ray mapping relates the angular coordinates of the rays at the image points with the angular coordinates of the rays coming from the object. The calculation of a stigmatic lens with a requited ray mapping is reduced to solving an explicit ordinary differential equation. As examples, we design stigmatic lenses satisfying the Abbe sine condition, the Herschel's condition, and the constant angular magnification condition. (C) 2021 Optical Society of America

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The method explores designing stigmatic lenses that implement required ray mappings, simplifying calculations to solving ordinary differential equations by linking the angular coordinates of rays at image points with those from the object. Examples include designing stigmatic lenses satisfying various conditions.