Abstract
Optics in general is an old science. Many brilliant researchers have created both theory and practice in this field. Some of their achievements are still in use, some are unjustly forgotten. In this paper we tried to rethink some points of ancient scientists to show that they had «seeds» which are still important ourdays. In particular, the applicability of the "golden section" from nature to the modern, computational process of optical system design was tested experimentally. Design principles, current challenges, possible solutions and some applications are discussed. They could be used, for example, in optical design, at the stage of starting scheme or help making decision of optical system producibility.
Highlights
This paper reports on authors first curious steps analyzing the impact of natures golden ratio, phi, onto high end optical systems design
This paper demonstrated that it is worthwhile going back in time, challenging modern methodology of research methods by analyzing solutions generated by nature herself
The golden ratio works for the reported lens A design: if radii of a meniscus lens are connected with golden ratio number (1,618); this lens has no astigmatism, distortion or all monochromatic high order aberrations and a clearly better performance than lenses featuring radius ratios located next to the golden ratio
Summary
We assume the golden ratio a matter, worthwhile analyzing even from the perspective of leveling-up “precision” towards tomorrows optical technology solutions. This paper reports on authors first curious steps analyzing the impact of natures golden ratio, phi, onto high end optical systems design. A single thin meniscus lens A has been designed where radii are connected by golden ratio: R2/R1 = 33.87/20.93 = 1.618.
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