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Aberration theory made simple / Virenda N. Mahajan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mahajan, Virendra N.
- Series:
- Tutorial texts in optical engineering ; v. TT 6.
- Tutorial texts in optical engineering ; v. TT 6
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aberration.
- Imaging systems.
- Geometrical optics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xx, 166 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Bellingham, Wash. : SPIE, ©1991.
- Language Note:
- English.
- Summary:
- This book provides a clear, concise, and consistent exposition of what aberrations are, how they arise in optical imaging systems, and how they affect the quality of images formed by them. The emphasis of the book is on physical insight, problem solving, and numerical results, and the text is intended for engineers and scientists who have a need and a desire for a deeper and better understanding of aberrations and their role in optical imaging and wave propagation. Some knowledge of Gaussian optics and an appreciation for aberrations would be useful but is not required.
- Contents:
- Part I. Ray geometrical optics
- 1. Optical aberrations
- Introduction
- Optical imaging
- Wave and ray aberrations
- Defocus aberration
- Wavefront tilt
- Aberration function of a rotationally symmetric system
- Effect of change in aperture stop position on the aberration function
- Aberrations of a spherical refracting surface
- Aberration function of a multielement system
- Appendix: Sign convention
- 2. Aberrations of a thin lens
- Gaussian imaging
- Primary aberrations
- Spherical aberration and coma
- Numerical problems
- 3. Aberrations of a plane-parallel plate
- Numerical problem
- 4. aberrations of a spherical mirror
- Primary aberration function
- Aperture stop at the mirror
- Aperture stop at the center of curvature of the mirror
- 5. Schmidt camera
- Schmidt plate
- 6. Aberrations of a conic surface
- Conic surface
- Conic refracting surface
- General aspherical refracting surface
- Conic reflecting surface
- Paraboloidal mirror
- Multi-mirror systems
- 7. Ray spot diagrams
- Spherical aberration
- Coma
- Astigmatism
- Field curvature
- Astigmatism and field curvature
- Distortion.
- Part II. Wave diffraction optics
- 8. Optical systems with circular pupils
- Point-spread function (PSF)
- Strehl ratio
- PSFs for primary aberrations
- Optical transfer function (OTF)
- Hopkins ratio
- OTFs for primary aberrations
- 9. Optical systems with annular and Gaussian pupils
- Annular pupils
- Gaussian pupils
- 10. Line of sight of an aberrated optical system
- Theory
- Numerical results
- Comments
- 11. Random aberrations
- Random image motion
- Atmospheric turbulence
- Fabrication errors
- 12. Observation of aberrations
- Interferograms.
- Notes:
- "SPIE digital library."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-163) and index.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (SPIE Library, viewed October 22, 2025).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Mahajan, Virendra N. Aberration theory made simple.
- ISBN:
- 9780819478788
- 0819478784
- OCLC:
- 435803881
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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