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  title info:
    title: Geometric Optics
    sub title: Theory and Design of Astronomical Optical Systems Using Mathematica®
  name:
    name part: Romano, Antonio.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Cavaliere, Roberto.
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2016
    edition: 2nd ed. 2016.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XII, 289 p. 168 illus., 56 illus. in color. online resource.
  abstract: This text, now in its second edition, presents the mathematical background needed to design many optical combinations that are used in astronomical telescopes and cameras. It uses a novel approach to third-order aberration theory based on Fermat’s principle and the use of particular optical paths (called stigmatic paths) instead of rays, allowing for easier derivation of third-order formulae. Each optical combination analyzed is accompanied by a downloadable Mathematica® notebook that automates its third-order design, eliminating the need for lengthy calculations. The essential aspects of an optical system with an axis of rotational symmetry are introduced first, along with a development of Gaussian optics from Fermat’s principal. A simpler approach to third-order monochromatic aberrations based on both Fermat’s principle and stigmatic paths is then described, followed by a new chapter on fifth-order aberrations and their classification. Several specific optical devices are discussed and analyzed, including the Newtonian and Cassegrain telescopes; the Schmidt, Wright, Houghton, and Maksutov cameras; the Klevtsov telescope; the Baker-Schmidt flat-field camera; the Buchroeder camera; and, new in this edition, the Baker-Nunn camera and optical combinations with sub-corrector and Petzval objectives. Finally, the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations of geometric optics and Seidel’s third-order aberration theory are presented, and a new chapter considers optics in anisotropic media. Numerous diagrams, worked-out examples, and exercises for further practice of key concepts are included throughout the book. Geometric Optics is an excellent reference for advanced graduate students, researchers, and practitioners in applied mathematics, engineering, astronomy, and astronomical optics. It can also be used as a supplementary textbook for graduate-level courses in astronomical optics, optical design, optical engineering, programming with Mathematica®, or geometric optics.
  table of contents: Fermat's Principle and General Considerations -- Gaussian Optics -- Fermat's Principle and Third-Order Aberrations -- About Higher-Order Aberrations -- Newtonian and Cassegrain Telescopes -- Cameras for Astronomy -- Compound Cassegrain Telescopes -- Doubles and Triplets -- Other Optical Combinations -- Fermat's Principle and Wave Fronts -- Hamiltonian Optics -- Principal Functions and Primary Aberrations -- Introduction to Optics in Anisotropic Media Media -- Appendix A: First-Order PDE -- Appendix B: Symplectic Vector Spaces.
  note: by Antonio Romano, Roberto Cavaliere.
  subject:
    topic: Mathematics
  subject:
    topic: Mathematical physics
  subject:
    topic: Mathematical models
  subject:
    topic: Microwaves
  subject:
    topic: Optical engineering
  subject:
    topic: Mathematics
  subject:
    topic: Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics
  subject:
    topic: Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices
  subject:
    topic: Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering
  subject:
    topic: Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences
  classification: TA342-343
  classification: 003.3
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    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
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    title info:
      title: Modeling and Simulation in Science, Engineering and Technology
  identifier: 9783319437323
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43732-3
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    record creation date: 160926
    record change date: 20160926145625.0
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