Optical design handbook

Traditionally, this takes years, but Michael gave many students a brief taste of this mysterious process of osmosis for a few days or hours. In the fast-paced modern world, this is becoming increasingly rare and precious, and it is hoped that this book at least provides a glimpse of it for posterity.

One of the reasons optical design is not easily learned from a textbook is that, in many cases, it is a necessary but not sufficient condition that the third-order aberrations are correctable.

When fifth- and higher-order aberrations dominate, as they do at the larger apertures and field sizes often required, analytical dissection of the problem starts to fail, and optimization codes, experience and intuition become the designer's principal "tools of the trade. A second volume, Intermediate Optical Design, will explore some of these issues-applied to more complex designs-but the intermediate material will remain firmly grounded in the foundations of this first volume. Most of the material in these volumes originates either directly from Michael's course notes, or from the unfinished book that he was working on.

The editing process has included, for completeness, the addition of some material, while at the same time trying to retain Michael's original intent and style.

In the first volume, this includes a brief discussion of pupil aberrations, some additional visual optical designs, as well as some catadioptric astronomical telescopes. Our hope is that Michael would be pleased with the result! Sign In View Cart 0 Help. This comprehensive book combines basic theory and practical details for the design of optical systems. It is an invaluable reference for optical students as well as scientists and engineers working with optical instrumentation.

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Series Optical engineering Marcel Dekker, Inc. Available online. Full view. Engineering Library Terman. D47 M35 Unknown. More options. Find it at other libraries via WorldCat Limited preview. Bibliography Includes bibliographical references p. Appendices supply additional background information.

This comprehensive book combines basic theory and practical details for the design of optical systems. It is an invaluable reference for optical students as well as scientists and engineers working with optical instrumentation. Media Handbook of Optical Design.

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