Lens design fundamentals [electronic resource] / Rudolf Kingslake.

A large part of this book is devoted to a study of possible design procedures for various types of lens or mirror systems, with fully worked examples of each. The reader is urged to follow the logic of these examples and be sure that he understands what is happening, noticing particularly how each a...

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Main Author: Kingslake, Rudolf
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Academic Press, 1978.
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Table of Contents:
  • The work of the lens designer
  • Meridional ray tracing
  • Paraxial rays and first-order optics
  • Chromatic aberration
  • Spherical aberration
  • Design of a spherically corrected achromat
  • Oblique pencils
  • Coma and the sine condition
  • Design of aplanatic objectives
  • The oblique aberrations
  • Lenses in which stop position is a degree of freedom
  • Symmetrical double anastigmats with fixed stop
  • Unsymmetrical photographic objectives
  • Mirror and catadioptric systems
  • Eyepiece design
  • Automatic lens improvement programs.