• Acta Optica Sinica
  • Vol. 23, Issue 12, 1470 (2003)
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    [in Chinese], [in Chinese], [in Chinese], [in Chinese]. The Far-Field Diffractive Characteristics of Cube-Corner Prism[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2003, 23(12): 1470 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Cube-corner prism is widely applied in laser ranging because of its retro-reflective property. The requirements of its precision are different according to applied cases. The far-field diffractive characteristics of cube-corner prism will directly affect long-distance laser ranging. By the analysis of dihedral angle offset and flatness error of cube-corner, the reflective beam wave aberration distribution of cube-corner is presented and the far-field diffractive patterns are computed. The patterns show that divergence of the emerging beam increases with the dihedral angle offset up to completely separate to six beams; the flatness error will result in deterioration of the patterns and debase the quality of the emerging beam. The diffractive characteristics of cube-corner prism provides an evaluation method and approach to design this kind of prism.
    [in Chinese], [in Chinese], [in Chinese], [in Chinese]. The Far-Field Diffractive Characteristics of Cube-Corner Prism[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2003, 23(12): 1470
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