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centering
1. Mounting a lens or mirror so that its optical axis is coincident with the optical or mechanical axes of other portions of the system. 2. The machining (edging) of the outside diameter of a lens...
decentering
1. The grinding or edging of a lens so that the geometrical center and optical center do not coincide. 2. The shifting of an optical element from the system's optical axis, sometimes done on purpose...
Bertrand lens
A small convergent lens, located between the objective and eyepiece of a microscope, that focuses an image of the upper focal plane of the objective in the focal plane of the eyepiece. It is commonly...
chuck
In the optical field, a tube to which a lens is fastened for centering.
chuck mark
The mark formed when the movement of the lens over the face of the centering chuck abrades the surface.
cleared out
Denoting a finished circular edge. A decentered lens is adjusted on a centering chuck so that its image runs true, and the lens is then edged. A circular edge is one that has been cleared out....
PFC
point focusing and centering
stick marks
The fine scratches formed when, in hand centering, the forked stick used to move the lens on the chuck marks the rotating lens surface.
total image runout
Image displacement by a decentered lens, rotated on a chuck whose axis of rotation passes through the geometrical center of the rim of the lens, when the light source is at an infinite distance. It...
wedge tolerance
A method of specifying the allowable edge-thickness difference or decentering of a lens.
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