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Nick Takaki

On-the-fly surface manufacturability constraints for freeform optical design enabled by orthogonal polynomials
2019 · Nick Takaki, Aaron Bauer, et al. · Optics Express · 41
Degeneracy in freeform surfaces described with orthogonal polynomials
2018 · Nick Takaki, Aaron Bauer, et al. · Applied Optics · 30
Efficient representation of freeform gradient-index profiles for non-rotationally symmetric optical design
2020 · Tianyi Yang, Nick Takaki, et al. · Optics Express · 21
Off-axis conics as base surfaces for freeform optics enable null testability
2020 · Nick Takaki, Jonathan C. Papa, et al. · Optics Express · 18
Design methods for imaging with freeform optics
2025 · Aaron Bauer, Nick Takaki, et al. · Optica · 11
Representations of off-axis conics for lens design
2021 · Eric M. Schiesser, Nick Takaki, et al. · International Optical Design Conference · 8
Schemes for cubature over the unit disk found via numerical optimization
2022 · Nick Takaki, G.W. Forbes, et al. · Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics · 3
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Leveraging confocality and Cartesian reflectors in freeform optical designs
2023 · Jonathan C. Papa, Nick Takaki, et al. · International Optical Design Conference · 2
Special Section Guest Editorial: Education and Training in Optical Instrumentation and Lens/Illumination
2024 · Nick Takaki, Alexander Lin, et al. · Optical Engineering · 1
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The importance of lens mounting details in passive athermalization: a design example
2023 · Eric M. Schiesser, Nick Takaki, et al. · International Optical Design Conference · 1
Trade-offs in optical performance specifications
2026 · Nick Takaki, Eric M. Schiesser · Current Developments in Lens Design and Optical Engineering
Special Section Guest Editorial: Education and Training in Wave Optics, Diffraction, and Meta-Optics
2026 · Shanti Bhattacharya, Michele Cotrufo, et al. · Optical Engineering
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Leveraging confocality and Cartesian reflectors in freeform optical designs
2025 · Nick Takaki, Jonathan C. Papa, et al. · Optical Engineering
Highlights from the SPIE Optical Engineering special section on education and training in optical instrumentation and lens/illumination design
2024 · Nick Takaki, Alexander Lin, et al.
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The continued importance of the Abbe sine condition
2024 · Nick Takaki, Eric Herman · International Optical Design Conference
Refractive objective design for femtosecond laser application
2023 · Scott Sparrold, Nick Takaki, et al. · International Optical Design Conference
Aberration-based design example for freeform optical designs with base off-axis conics
2021 · Nick Takaki, Aaron Bauer, et al. · International Optical Design Conference
Orthogonal polynomials and mathematical surface descriptions in freeform optical design
2021 · Takaki, Nick, Rolland, Jannick P. · UR Research (University of Rochester)
A sag equation for both on-axis and off-axis conics, suitable for use as a base surface for freeform optics
2019 · Nick Takaki, Jonathan C. Papa, et al. · Optical Design and Fabrication Congress
Mathematical properties of describing freeform optical surfaces with orthogonal bases
2017 · Jannick P. Rolland, Nick Takaki · International Optical Design Conference
Works count: 20
Citation count: 136
H-index: 6
I10-index: 5
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