The invention relates to a telescope optics for a telescopic observational instrument having an objective lens, having a prism erecting system and having an eyepiece lens, wherein an image of an object generated by the objective lens is located between the prism erecting system and the eyepiece lens, and wherein the objective lens, in an order starting from the object side, comprises a first lens group G1 with a positive refractive power, a second lens group G2 with a negative refractive power and a third lens group G3, and wherein the second lens group G2 is adjustable in parallel to an optical axis for focusing, and wherein at least one lens with a negative refractive power of the third lens group G3 is adjustable perpendicularly to the optical axis for changing the position of the image, and wherein the third lens group G3 has a negative refractive power.

The invention relates to a telescope optics for a telescopic observational instrument having an objective lens, having a prism erecting system and having an eyepiece lens, wherein an image of an object generated by the objective lens is located between the prism erecting system and the eyepiece lens, and wherein the objective lens, in an order starting from the object side, comprises a first lens group G1 with a positive refractive power, a second lens group G2 with a negative refractive power and a third lens group G3, and wherein the second lens group G2 is adjustable in parallel to an optical axis for focusing, and wherein at least one lens with a negative refractive power of the third lens group G3 is adjustable perpendicularly to the optical axis for changing the position of the image, and wherein the third lens group G3 has a negative refractive power.

Aspects of the present disclosure describe techniques for independently controlling an angle (e.g., change in tilt) and/or position (e.g., change in lateral position) of an optical beam. For example, an optical beam control system may include a telescope with rotatable mirrors and lenses configured to provide a path to an optical beam to produce an output optical beam, which in turn is made into parallel optical beams following a diffractive optical element. The optical beam control system may also include a detector system to a beam angle and/or a beam position of one of the parallel optical beams to generate feedback signal or signals to control a rotation of one or more of the mirrors in the telescope such as to adjust the beam angle, the beam position, or both of the parallel optical beams. The optical beam control system may be part of a quantum information processing (QIP) system.

Aspects of the present disclosure describe techniques for independently controlling an angle (e.g., change in tilt) and/or position (e.g., change in lateral position) of an optical beam. For example, an optical beam control system may include a telescope with rotatable mirrors and lenses configured to provide a path to an optical beam to produce an output optical beam, which in turn is made into parallel optical beams following a diffractive optical element. The optical beam control system may also include a detector system to a beam angle and/or a beam position of one of the parallel optical beams to generate feedback signal or signals to control a rotation of one or more of the mirrors in the telescope such as to adjust the beam angle, the beam position, or both of the parallel optical beams. The optical beam control system may be part of a quantum information processing (QIP) system.

An optical system includes an aperture stop configured to direct light through the optical system, an inverting prism assembly configured to receive light from the aperture stop and direct light through the optical system, and a field stop configured to receive light from the inverting prism assembly and direct light through the optical system to an operator of the optical system. A point-of-impact is identified in object space and a point-of-aim is identified in afocal space of the optical system. The inverting prism assembly is configured to be pivoted about a center of the aperture stop to effect alignment of the point-of-impact and point-of-aim in the afocal space so that the point-of-aim is coincident with the optical axis.

An optical system includes an aperture stop configured to direct light through the optical system, an inverting prism assembly configured to receive light from the aperture stop and direct light through the optical system, and a field stop configured to receive light from the inverting prism assembly and direct light through the optical system to an operator of the optical system. A point-of-impact is identified in object space and a point-of-aim is identified in afocal space of the optical system. The inverting prism assembly is configured to be pivoted about a center of the aperture stop to effect alignment of the point-of-impact and point-of-aim in the afocal space so that the point-of-aim is coincident with the optical axis.

Provided is an optical system having a configuration capable of attaining a large light-gathering power while producing a maximum light-gathering power easily and inexpensively with a minimum material. An offset optical system according to the present invention comprises: a primary mirror composed of at least part of one of two optical element halves obtained by dividing an optical element having a concave shape curved only in one direction, in an intermediate position of a length along a curvature thereof, wherein the optical element is configured to reflect and focus light from an object, into a linear focus; a sub-mirror disposed between the primary mirror and the linear focus and configured to transmit or reflect light reflected by the primary mirror, thereby focusing the light into a point focus; wherein, when: a direction tangent to the curvature in the intermediate position of the optical element is defined as an x-axis; a direction which is perpendicular to the x-axis and in which the object is located is defined as a y-axis; and a direction orthogonal to the x-axis and the y-axis is defined as a z-axis, the sub-mirror is offset parallel to the x-axis by a given distance toward an edge of the primary mirror located distal to the y-axis.

An optical device for imaging a first, object-side set of mutually parallel bundles of beams onto an image surface, includes

an optical beam expansion unit;
an optical rearrangement unit configured to rearrange the first set of mutually parallel bundles of beams while maintaining mutually parallelism to obtain a second set of mutually parallel bundles of beams;
an optical element configured to direct the second set of one or more bundles of beams onto the optical beam expansion unit by means of bundling, so that the optical beam expansion unit is reached by a third set of bundles of beams,
the optical beam expansion unit being configured to expand each bundle of beams of the third set to obtain a fourth set of expanded bundles of beams; and
an optical imaging unit configured to image the fourth set of expanded bundles of beams onto the image surface.

An optical device for imaging a first, object-side set of mutually parallel bundles of beams onto an image surface, includes

an optical beam expansion unit;
an optical rearrangement unit configured to rearrange the first set of mutually parallel bundles of beams while maintaining mutually parallelism to obtain a second set of mutually parallel bundles of beams;
an optical element configured to direct the second set of one or more bundles of beams onto the optical beam expansion unit by means of bundling, so that the optical beam expansion unit is reached by a third set of bundles of beams,
the optical beam expansion unit being configured to expand each bundle of beams of the third set to obtain a fourth set of expanded bundles of beams; and
an optical imaging unit configured to image the fourth set of expanded bundles of beams onto the image surface.

A bipod flexure mount couples an optic to a base while isolating the optic from strain to resist wavefront error. The bipod flexure mount has a distal attachment pad to be coupled to the optic and a proximal attachment pad to be coupled to the base. A pair of beams extend between and couple the distal and proximal attachment pads. The distal attachment pad, the proximal attachment pad and the pair of beams are disposed in and define a planar layer with opposite planar surfaces that are substantially parallel. The bipod flexure mount is relatively flexible about four degrees of freedom and is relatively stiff about two degrees of freedom.