US Patent Issued to Lawrence Livermore National Security on Aug. 11 for "Widefield catadioptric monolithic telescopes" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,708, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC (Livermore, Calif.).

"Widefield catadioptric monolithic telescopes" was invented by Frank Ravizza (Livermore, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, an apparatus includes a first aspheric refractive surface defined by a first polynomial and positioned to receive input light, and a first aspheric mirror surface comprising a first reflective coating, the first mirror surface defined by a second polynomial and positioned to receive light from the first aspheric refractive surface. The apparatus includes a second aspheric mirror surface compris...