Introduction to Lens Design
Cambridge University Press, 9/26/2019
EAN 9781108494328, ISBN10: 1108494323
Hardcover, 248 pages, 23.6 x 15.5 x 1.5 cm
Language: English
Optical lenses have many important applications, from telescopes and spectacles, to microscopes and lasers. This concise, introductory book provides an overview of the subtle art of lens design. It covers the fundamental, optical theory, and the practical methods and tools employed in lens design, in a succinct and accessible manner. Topics covered include first-order optics, optical aberrations, achromatic doublets, optical relays, lens tolerances, designing with off-the-shelf lenses, miniature lenses, and zoom lenses. Covering all the key concepts of lens design, and providing suggestions for further reading at the end of each chapter, this book is an essential resource for graduate students working in optics and photonics, in addition to engineers and technicians working in the optics and imaging industries.
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Classical imaging, first-order imaging, and imaging aberrations
3. Aspheric surfaces
4. Thin lenses
5. Ray tracing
6. Radiometry in a lens system
7. Achromatic and athermal lenses
8. Combinations of achromatic doublets
9. Image evaluation
10. Lens tolerancing
11. Using lens design software
12. Petzval portrait objective, Cooke triplet and double Gauss lens
13. Lens system combinations
14. Ghost image analysis
15. Designing with off-the-shelf lenses
16. Mirror systems
17. Miniature lenses
18. Zoom lenses
Appendix 1
tables of imaging aberrations
Appendix 2
tables of pupil aberrations
Appendix 3
tables of structural aberration coefficients
Appendix 4
table of aberrations of a plane symmetric system
Appendix 5
the sine condition
Glossary
Further reading
Index.