Abstract:
THE ACHROMATIC DOUBLET LENS DISCLOSED HEREIN EMPLOYS A PAIR OF OPTICAL ELEMENTS, EACH OF WHICH IS CONSTRUCTED OF A RESPECTIVE INFRARED TRANSPARENT ALKALI HALIDE. BY APPROPRIATELY SELECTING THE TWO ALKALI HALIDE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEACHING OF THE PRESENT INVENTION, THE RESULTING DOUBLET IS CAUSED TO THE SUBSTANTIALLY ACHROMATIC OVER A USEFUL RANGE OF WAVELENGTHS, RATHER THAN JUST AT A PAIR OF PRESELECTED WAVELENGTHS AS WOULD BE THE CASE IF THE TWO INFRARED TRANSPARENT MATERIALS WERE ARBITRARILY SELECTED.