Field guide to lens design / Julie Bentley, Craig Olson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bentley, Julie (Julie L.), author.

Contributor:

Olson, Craig, 1971-

Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers.

Series:

SPIE field guides ; FG27.

SPIE digital library

SPIE field guides ; FG 27

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lenses--Design and construction.

Lenses.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (156 pages) : illustrations, digital file.

Place of Publication:

Bellingham, Wash. : SPIE, 2012.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Summary:

The process of designing lenses is both an art and a science. While advancements in the field over the past two centuries have done much to transform it from the former category to the latter, much of the lens design process remains encapsulated in the experience and knowledge of industry veterans. This Field Guide provides a working reference for practicing physicists, engineers, and scientists for deciphering the nuances of basic lens design. The book begins with an outline of the general process before delving into aberrations, basic lens design forms, and optimization. An entire section is devoted to techniques for improving lens performance. Sections on tolerancing, stray light, and optical systems are followed by an appendix covering related topics such as optical materials, nonimaging concepts, designing for sampled imaging, and ray tracing fundamentals.

Contents:

Glossary of symbols and notation

Fundamentals of optical design

Design forms

Improving a design

Optimization

Tolerancing

Stray light

Optical systems

Appendices

Equation summary

Bibliography.

Notes:

"SPIE Digital Library."--Website.

Includes bibliographical references.

Title from PDF title page (SPIE eBooks Website, viewed 2012-10-17).

Other Format:

Print version

ISBN:

9780819491657

OCLC:

813431378

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.