title: Design strategies to simplify and miniaturize imaging systems.
abstract: We present the range of optical architectures for imaging systems based on a single optical component, an aperture stop, and a detector. Thanks to the formalism of third-order Seidel aberrations, several strategies of simplification and miniaturization of optical systems are examined. Figures of merit are also introduced to assess the basic optical properties and performance capabilities of such systems; by this way, we show the necessary trade-off between simplicity, miniaturization, and optical performance.
authors.affiliation: Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches Aérospatiales, Chemin de la Hunière, 91761 Palaiseau cedex, France. florence.de_la_barriere@onera.fr
authors.forename: Florence de la
authors.initials: Fde L
authors.lastname: Barrière
authors.forename: Guillaume
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Druart
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Guérineau
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Taboury