A Course in Lens Design (Hardcover)

Preface. 1 Geometrical Optics. 1.1 Principles of geometrical optics. 1.2 Paraxial optics. 1.3 Optical systems. 1.4 Paraxial raytracing. 1.5 Stops and pupils. 2 Optical instruments (paraxial approximation). 2.1 Camera. 2.2 Human eye. 2.3 Magnifier and microscope. 2.4 Telescopes. 2.5 Illumination. 3 Aberrations. 3.1 Wavefronts and aberrations. 3.2 Chromatic aberrations. 3.3 Calculation of aberration coefficients. 3.4 Stop shift equations. 3.5 Zero Seidel conditions. 4 Lens design process. 4.1 Specification. 4.2 Paraxial lay-out. 4.3 Thin lens predesign. 4.4 Surface model. 4.5 Optimization. 4.6 Tolerancing. 4.7 Diffraction theory for lens design. 5 Design strategies. 5.1 Colour correction. 5.2 Changing the number of variables. 5.3 Symmetries. 5.4 Stops and diaphragms. 5.5 Field correction. 6 Design examples. 6.1 Thin systems. 6.2 Design of a telescope. 6.3 Two-component systems. 6.4 Three component lenses. 6.5 Symmetric four-component lenses. 6.6 Microscope objectives. 6.7 Application of aspheric surfaces. References. List of exercises. Index.