A Course in Lens Design

• Main Author: Velzel, Chris (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Springer Series in Optical Sciences, 183
• Subjects: Physics.; Optics.; Optoelectronics.; Plasmons (Physics).; Microwaves.; Optical engineering.; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering.; Applied and Technical Physics.

A Course in Lens Design is an instruction in the design of image-forming optical systems. It teaches how a satisfactory design can be obtained in a straightforward way. Theory is limited to a minimum, and used to support the practical design work. The book introduces geometrical optics, optical inst...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• 1 Geometrical Optics
• 2 Optical instruments (paraxial approximation)
• 3 Aberrations
• 4 Lens design process
• 5 Design strategies
• 6 Design examples
• References
• List of exercises
• Index.