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Modern optical engineering : the design of optical systems / Warren J. Smith.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, Warren J., author.
- Series:
- McGraw-Hill's AccessEngineering
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Optical instruments--Design and construction.
- Optical instruments.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Internet resources.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 electronic text (xiii, 754 pages)) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 4th ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : McGraw-Hill, [200-?]
- Notes:
- Print version c2008.
- Includes index.
- Description based on cover image and table of contents, viewed on April 4, 2008.
- Contains:
- Optics overview.
- Gaussian optics: the cardinal points.
- Paraxial optics and calculations.
- Optical system considerations.
- Primary aberrations.
- Third-order aberration theory and calculation.
- Prism and mirror systems.
- Characteristics of the human eye.
- Stops, apertures, pupils and diffraction.
- Optical materials.
- Optical coatings.
- Principles of radiometry and photometry.
- Optical system layout.
- Case studies in system layout.
- Wave-front aberrations and MTF.
- Basics of lens design.
- Lens design for eyepieces, microscopes, cameras, etc.
- Design of mirror and catadioptric systems.
- Selected lens designs, analyzed and annotated.
- Practice of optical engineering.
- Getting the most out of "stock" lenses.
- ISBN:
- 007160149X
- 9780071476874
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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