Mr. David A. Beach Profile

David A. Beach

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Proceedings Article | 27 August 2005 Paper

New designs of corrected Dall-Kirkham-type telescopes

David Beach, Andrew Rakich

Proceedings Volume 5874, 58740H (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.613292

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Telescopes, Spherical lenses, Optical instrument design, Monochromatic aberrations, Optical fabrication, Space telescopes, Glasses, Spatial resolution, Optical spheres

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Proceedings Article | 14 October 2004 Paper

Ultrafast focal reducer design for ~2-m-class telescopes

David Beach

Proceedings Volume 5523, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.558945

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Telescopes, Spherical lenses, Optical instrument design, Monochromatic aberrations, Imaging systems, Ultrafast phenomena, Relays, Sensors, Image quality

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SPIE Journal Paper | 1 February 2003

Ultra-high-speed wide-angle catadioptric corrector system for medium-scale spherical mirror telescopes

David Beach

OE, Vol. 42, Issue 02, (February 2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.1534596

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Spherical lenses, Aspheric lenses, Relays, Monochromatic aberrations, Glasses, Combined lens-mirror systems, Imaging systems, Optical engineering, Visualization

Proceedings Article | 10 December 2001 Paper

Compact optic for 50-nm UV imaging with a diffraction-limited 1-deg angular field

David Beach

Proceedings Volume 4498, (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.450051

KEYWORDS: Imaging systems, Mirrors, Aspheric lenses, Zone plates, Diffraction, EUV optics, Stray light, Extreme ultraviolet, Optical design, Ultraviolet radiation

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Proceedings Article | 5 December 2001 Paper

Scalable MWIR and LWIR optical system designs employing a large spherical primary mirror and small refractive aberration correctors

David Beach

Proceedings Volume 4441, (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.449561

KEYWORDS: Long wavelength infrared, Mid-IR, Spherical lenses, Mirrors, Sapphire, Relays, Imaging systems, Germanium, Thermography, Optical design

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Proceedings Article | 31 October 2000 Paper

Wide-field aberration corrector for spherical gossamer primary mirrors

David Beach

Proceedings Volume 4091, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.405784

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Spherical lenses, Monochromatic aberrations, Relays, Vignetting, Aspheric lenses, Imaging systems, Chromatic aberrations, Wavefronts, Modulation transfer functions

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Proceedings Article | 24 October 2000 Paper

Double-pass Cassegrain revisited: a compact optic for space missions

David Beach

Proceedings Volume 4093, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.405227

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Imaging systems, Space operations, Diffraction, Atmospheric optics, Aspheric lenses, Stray light, Transmittance, Vignetting, Reflectivity

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Proceedings Article | 24 October 2000 Paper

Simple system of aberration correction for very large spherical primary mirrors

David Beach

Proceedings Volume 4093, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.405221

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Spherical lenses, Glasses, Monochromatic aberrations, Aspheric lenses, Relays, Aberration correction, Large telescopes, Spatial resolution, Imaging systems

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Proceedings Article | 24 October 2000 Paper

Wide-field aberration corrector for spherical primary mirrors

David Beach

Proceedings Volume 4093, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.405224

KEYWORDS: Spherical lenses, Mirrors, Monochromatic aberrations, Imaging systems, Aspheric lenses, Spatial resolution, Cameras, Diffraction, Image quality, Reflector telescopes

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SPIE Journal Paper | 1 October 1999

Novel technique for the design of ultra-fast, high-resolution, broad-spectrum, wide-angle catadioptric lenses

David Beach

OE, Vol. 38, Issue 10, (October 1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.602216

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Spherical lenses, Imaging systems, Cameras, Aspheric lenses, Glasses, Combined lens-mirror systems, Monochromatic aberrations, Ultrafast phenomena, Prototyping

Proceedings Article | 25 September 1997 Paper

KiwiStar: a design system for ultrafast high-resolution broad-spectrum wide-angle catadioptric lenses

David Beach

Proceedings Volume 3130, (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.284070

KEYWORDS: Spherical lenses, Mirrors, Cameras, Imaging systems, Sensors, Monochromatic aberrations, Combined lens-mirror systems, Image resolution, Spectral resolution, Ultrafast phenomena

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Proceedings Article | 1 November 1992 Paper

Automatic x-ray inspection of canned products for foreign material

David Penman, Olof Olsson, David Beach

Proceedings Volume 1823, (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.132090

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Inspection, Image processing, X-ray imaging, Video, Machine vision, Image segmentation, Inspection equipment, Image intensifiers, Prototyping

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