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    Area of Science:

    • Optics and Photonics
    • Optical Engineering

    Background:

    • Diffractive lenses offer advantages in thinness and weight.
    • Traditional diffractive lenses suffer from chromatic aberration and limited wavelength range.
    • Achromatic diffractive lenses are emerging as a promising solution.

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    • To investigate how lens design performance approaches theoretical limits.
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    • Established methods for optimizing Strehl ratio and efficiency in achromatic diffractive lenses.
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