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ACHROMATIC DOUBLET [1 record]

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Record 1 1987-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics
DEF

A two-element lens - a doublet - that greatly reduces chromatic aberration in an optical system. The components, one positive, one negative, are of different types of glasses (i.e. they have different refractive indices); ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
CONT

On peut compenser en partie cette aberration chromatique dans un système qui associe deux lentilles, convergente et divergente, faites de verres dont les pouvoirs dispersifs respectifs sont différents; c'est le doublet achromatique (...)

Spanish

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