Applied Optics and Optical Design, Part One.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Conrady, A. E.

Series:

Dover Books on Physics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lenses--Design and construction.

Optical instruments--Design and construction.

Optical instruments.

Optics.

Local Subjects:

Lenses--Design and construction.

Optical instruments--Design and construction.

Optical instruments.

Optics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (990 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Dover Publications, 1988.

Summary:

""For the optical engineer it is an indispensable work."" - Journal, Optical Society of America""As a practical guide this book has no rival."" - Transactions, Optical Society""A noteworthy contribution,"" - Nature (London)Part I covers all ordinary ray-tracing methods, together with the complete theory of primary aberrations and as much of higher aberration as is needed for the design of telescopes, low-power microscopes and simple optical systems. Chapters: Fundamental Equations, Spherical Aberration, Physical Aspect of Optical Images, Chromatic Aberration, Design of Achromatic Object-Glass

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; PREFACE; Table of Contents; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER I - FUNDAMENTAL EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL CALCULATIONS; GENERAL VALIDITY OF THE STANDARD EQUATIONS; ADDITIONAL COMPUTING FORMULAE; PLANE SURFACES; OPENING A CALCULATION; PARAXIAL RAYS; THEOREM OF LAGRANGE; LONGITUDINAL MAGNIFICATION; NUMERICAL CALCULATIONS (continued); ALTERNATIVE CHECK-METHOD; SIMPLE LENSES; CHAPTER II - SPHERICAL ABERRATION; DISCUSSION OF EQUATION (10); PRIMARY SPHERICAL ABERRATION; SECONDARY AND HIGHER SPHERICAL ABERRATION; ALTERNATIVE EQUATIONS; GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION OF THE ABERRATION

OTHER MEASURES OF SPHERICAL ABERRATIONOVER- AND UNDER-CORRECTION; THE DISK OF LEAST CONFUSION; Special Memoranda from Chapter II; CHAPTER III - PHYSICAL ASPECT OF OPTICAL IMAGES; THE AIRY SPURIOUS DISK; RESOLVING POWER OF OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; EFFECT OF IMPERFECTIONS; THE RAYLEIGH LIMIT; OPTICAL TOLERANCES; THE FOCAL RANGE; TOLERANCE FOR PRIMARY SPHERICAL ABERRATION; TOLERANCE FOR ZONAL ABERRATION; RESOLVING POWER IN PRESENCE OF DEFECTS; Special Memoranda from Chapter III; CHAPTER IV - CHROMATIC ABERRATION; OPTICAL GLASS; THE SECONDARY SPECTRUM; PHOTOVISUAL OBJECTIVES

THE PRINCIPAL TYPES OF ACHROMATISMCHROMATIC ABERRATION OF SEPARATED THIN LENSES; PRIMARY CHROMATIC ABERRATION; CHROMATIC ABERRATION AT FINITE APERTURE; TRIGONOMETRICAL METHODS OF CHROMATIC CORRECTION; CHROMATIC TOLERANCES; CHAPTER V - DESIGN OF ACHROMATIC OBJECT-GLASSES; A. THE PURELY TRIGONOMETRICAL METHOD; B. SOLUTIONS BY ALGEBRAICAL APPROXIMATION; C. HYBRID METHODS OF SOLUTION; USE OF TOLERANCES IN LENS-DESIGN; Special Memoranda from Chapter V; CHAPTER VI - EXTRA-AXIAL IMAGE-POINTS; THE PRIMARY ABERRATIONS OF OBLIQUE PENCILS; GENERAL SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM

SUMMATION FOR A COMPLETE CENTRED SYSTEMDISCUSSION OF THE OBLIQUE ABERRATIONS; CHROMATIC ABERRATIONS OF OBLIQUE PENCILS; SUMMARY OF THE DISCUSSION; CALCULATION OF THE SEIDEL ABERRATIONS; THE SEIDEL ABERRATIONS FOR THIN LENSES; FUNDAMENTAL LAWS OF OBLIQUE PENCILS; SYSTEMS OF SEPARATED THIN COMPONENTS; CHAPTER VII - THE OPTICAL SINE THEOREM; APPLICATIONS OF THE SINE THEOREM; DESIGN OF APLANATIC OBJECT-GLASSES; OTHER APPLICATIONS OF THE SINE THEOREM; Special Memoranda from Chapter VII; CHAPTER VIII - TRIGONOMETRICAL TRACING OF OBLIQUE PENCILS; A. TANGENTIAL RAYS

B. NARROW TANGENTIAL AND SAGITTAL FANS OF RAYSC. SKEW RAYS; D. CLOSE SAGITTAL RAYS; CHAPTER IX - GENERAL THEORY OF PERFECT OPTICAL SYSTEMS; CHARACTERISTIC DATA OF AN OPTICAL SYSTEM; CONJUGATE ANGLES OF CONVERGENCE.; MEASURES OF MAGNIFICATION; THE NODAL POINTS; CHAPTER X - ORDINARY EYEPIECES; HUYGENIAN EYEPIECES; RAMSDEN EYEPIECES; APPENDIX; INDEX

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ISBN:

9780486151229

0486151220

9781621986492

1621986497

OCLC:

899157856