Brian Bauman
Brian Bauman is an Optical Engineer for the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and is affiliated with the NSF Center for Adaptive Optics and the Laboratory for Adaptive Optics at the University of California, Santa Cruz. His interests include astronomical and vision science adaptive optics systems and optical design. He is currently working on adaptive optics systems for 8-30 meter telescopes and on the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope.
He earned his B.S. in Engineering Physics from University of California, San Diego and a Ph.D. in Optical Sciences from the University of Arizona in 2003. He has been in the optics field for 20 years and was an early ZEMAX customer (~1992).
He earned his B.S. in Engineering Physics from University of California, San Diego and a Ph.D. in Optical Sciences from the University of Arizona in 2003. He has been in the optics field for 20 years and was an early ZEMAX customer (~1992).
Articles by this Author
How To Model a Gradient Index version of a Sellmeier1 Glass using the Gradient 5 Surface
- By Brian Bauman
- Published 22 June 2009
- User Articles , Glass and Refractive Index
- Unrated
This article explains how to convert Sellmeier 1 dispersion coefficient data into dispersion coefficient values for the Gradient 5 surface. After doing so, the Gradient 5 surface may then be used to model the variation of index with position for a Sellmeier 1 glass.