A course in lens design
By: Chris Velzel
Series: Springer series in Optical Sciences -- volume 183; Springer series in optical sciences -- v.183.
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Dordrecht [Netherlands]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 334
ISBN-13: 9789401786843; 9789401786850
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Lenses; Design and construction
Other titles: Lens design
Description: "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 instruments and aberrations. It gives a description of the process of lens design and of the strategies used in this process. Half of its content is devoted to the design of sixteen types of lenses, described in detail from beginning to end. This book is different from most other books on lens design because it stresses the importance of the initial phases of the design process: (paraxial) lay-out and (thin-lens) pre-design. The argument for this change of accent is that in these phases much information can be obtained about the properties of the lens to be designed. This information can be used in later phases of the design. This makes A Course in Lens Design a useful self-study book, and a suitable basis for an introductory course in lens design. The mathematics mainly used is college algebra, in a few sections calculus is applied. The book could be used by students of engineering and technical physics, and by engineers and scientists"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Geometrical optics; title: Optical instruments (paraxial approximation); title: Aberrations; title: Lens design process; title: Design strategies; title: Design examples.