Patent ID: 7403336

Claim:
A method for use in imaging broadband light, the method comprising: passing the broadband light through a first common imaging module configured to apply partial aberration correction to said broadband light, applying spectral splitting to the partially corrected broadband light to split it into a plurality of substantially narrowband light components, passing the plurality of substantially narrowband light components of said partially corrected broadband light through an array of spectral imaging modules, each of said imaging modules being configured for imaging light of a respective substantially narrow spectral band with minimal aberrations, and applying aberration correction to the light components while passing through the respective spectral imaging modules, combining the corrected light components, output from the spectral imaging modules, into a combined output broadband light beam, and passing the combined broadband light beam through a second common imaging module configured to apply to said broadband light partial aberration correction, thereby producing an image with minimal aberrations over the entire spectral range of said broadband light.