Aaron Bauer
The Institute of Optics
40 Papers
117 Citations
Aaron Bauer is an academic researcher from The Institute of Optics. The author has contributed to research in topics: Zernike polynomials & Distortion. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 40 publications. Previous affiliations of Aaron Bauer include University of Rochester.
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Papers
Freeform optics for imaging
Jannick P. Rolland,Matthew A. Davies,Thomas J. Suleski,Christopher J. Evans,Aaron Bauer,John C. Lambropoulos,Konstantinos Falaggis +6 more
- 20 Feb 2021
TL;DR: This article begins with a brief history of freeform optics, focusing on imaging systems, including marketplace emergence, and describes fabrication methods, emphasizing deterministic computer numerical control grinding, polishing, and diamond machining.
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Freeform spectrometer enabling increased compactness.
TL;DR: It will be shown how combining the concepts of spatial and spectral-band broadening led to the improvement in compactness that is uniquely enabled by freeform optics.
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Starting Geometry Creation and Design Method for Freeform Optics
TL;DR: The design of freeform optics is approached with aberration theory with general guidelines to design and optimize physically realizable systems and a comparison of the optimized geometries shows the performance of the optimal geometry is at least 16× better, which underscores the importance of the geometry when designingfreeform optics.
Computational optical distortion correction using a radial basis function-based mapping method
TL;DR: A distortion mapping and computational image unwarping method based on a network interpolation that uses radial basis functions that is applied to correct distortion in an off-axis head-worn display (HWD) presenting up to 23% highly asymmetric distortion over a 27°x21° field of view.
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Design of a freeform electronic viewfinder coupled to aberration fields of freeform optics
Aaron Bauer,Jannick P. Rolland +1 more
TL;DR: The newly formulated theory of aberration fields of freeform surfaces describes the aberrations that freeform Zernike polynomial surfaces can correct within folded powered optical systems and guided the design of an OLED-based reflective freeform electronic viewfinder.
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