Measuring and Manufacturing Cylindrical Lenses: Why Standard Spherical Interferometry Falls Short
Cylindrical lenses are essential optical components in modern photonic systems, widely used in laser beam shaping, anamorphic imaging systems, light-sheet microscopy, and LiDAR technologies. Unlike spherical lenses, which exhibit rotational symmetry and distribute optical power uniformly across all directions, cylindrical lenses are designed with curvature in only one axis. This...