Foundations of Optical System Analysis and Design (Hardcover)

Dedication. Preface. Acknowledgement. Introduction. From Maxwell’s equations to Thin Lens Optics. Paraxial Optics. Paraxial Analysis of the role of stops. Towards facilitating Paraxial Treatment. The Photometry and Radiometry of Optical systems. Optical Imaging by Real Rays. Monochromatic Aberrations. Chromatic Aberrations. Finite or Total Aberrations from System Data by ray tracing. Hopkins’ Canonical coordinates and variables in Aberration Theory. Primary Aberrations from System Data. Higher order Aberrations in practice. Thin Lens Aberrations. Stop shift, Pupil Aberrations and Conjugate Shift. Role of diffraction in Image Formation. Diffraction images by aberrated optical systems. System Theoretic Viewpoint in Optical Image Formation. Basics of Lens Design. Lens Design Optimization. Towards Global Synthesis of Optical Systems. Epilogue.