title: Diffractive optical elements in hybrid lenses: modeling and design by zone decomposition.
abstract: We propose to model hybrid optical systems (i.e., lenses with conventional and diffractive optical elements) as multiaperture systems in which the images formed by each zone of the diffractive optical element should be summed up coherently. This new zone decomposition concept is explained and compared with the standard diffraction-order expansion with the help of a hybrid triplet example.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Charles Fabry, Institut d'Optique Théorique et Appliquée, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 8501-Centre Universitaire, Bâtiment 503, B. P. 147-91403, Orsay Cedex, France. herve.sauer@iota.u-psud.fr
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sauer
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chavel
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Erdei