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Optical engineering fundamentals
Author
Title
Optical engineering fundamentals / Bruce Walker.
ISBN
0819478776
1628708638
9780819478771
9781628708639
0819475408
9780819475404
Edition
2nd ed.
Published
Bellingham, Wash. : SPIE, ©2008.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiii, 277 pages) : illustrations.
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Notes
"SPIE digital library."
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Summary
This classic Tutorial Text provides a basic understanding of many fundamental optical principles. The Second Edition has been updated to reflect the development of electronic sensors, as well as the advent of mainstream consumer optical products. Chapters also emphasize the application of state-of-the-art computer software to generate solutions to related lens design and optimization problems. This is an ideal textbook for introductory courses at advanced high school and college levels. For those who proceed to work in the field of optical engineering, this book will provide a convenient source of valuable, basic reference material.
Variant and related titles
Knovel OCLC KB.
Other formats
Print version: Walker, Bruce H. Optical engineering fundamentals. 2nd ed. Bellingham, Wash. : SPIE, ©2008
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 05, 2017
Series
Tutorial texts in optical engineering ; v. TT82
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. Introduction. 2. Historical review. 2.1. Definition of optical engineering
2.2. Ancient history
2.3. Medieval optics
2.4. From 1600 to the 1900s
2.5. Speed of light
2.6. Modern optical engineering
2.7. Case history: optics in the United States
2.8. The Hubble Space Telescope
2.9. Review and summary.
10. Visual optical system. 10.1. Introduction
10.2. Structure of the eye
10.3. Resolution of the eye
10.4. Visual instrument design considerations
10.5. Visual instrument focus
10.6. Visual instrument detailed lens design
10.7. Review and summary.
11. Lens design and image evaluation. 11.1. Introduction
11.2. Lens design process
11.3. 10x telescope design
11.4. Precision collimator lens design
11.5. Precision imager lens design
11.6. Unusual lens design task
11.7. Review and summary.
12. Optics in our world. 12.1. Introduction
12.2. Optical illusions: size
12.3. Other optical illusions
12.4. Seeing the third dimension
12.5. Optics and the compact disk
12.6. Optics and the projection TV
12.7. Optics and photography
12.8. Optics of the rainbow
12.9. Review and summary.
3. Basic concepts of light. 3.1. Light: an elusive topic
3.2. Understanding light
3.3. Velocity, wavelength, and frequency
3.4. Wavefronts and light rays
3.5. Light sources
3.6. Behavior of light rays
3.7. Refraction
3.8. Refraction by a lens
3.9. Dispersion and color
3.10. Diffraction of light
3.11. Review and summary.
4. Thin-lens theory. 4.1. Definition of a thin lens
4.2. Properties of a thin lens
4.3. Aperture stop, entrance and exit pupils, and field stop
4.4. Reference coordinate system
4.5. Thin-lens power
4.6. Ray trace of a thin lens (object at infinity)
4.7. Ray trace of a thin lens (finite object distance)
4.8. Rounding off
4.9. Thin-lens formulas
4.10. Applications of thin-lens theory
4.11. Mock-up of the thin-lens system
4.12. Review and summary.
5. Optical design basics. 5.1. Introduction
5.2. Historical perspective
5.3. OSLO optical design software package
5.4. Introduction to computer design using OSLO
5.5. Laser transmitting system
5.6. Instrument design and analysis
5.7. Magnification analysis
5.8. Design of a noncatalog system
5.9. Review and summary.
6. Primary lens aberrations. 6.1. Introduction
6.2. Spot diagram, radial energy distribution, and modulation transfer function
6.3. Spherical aberration
6.4. Coma
6.5. Field curvature
6.6. Astigmatism
6.7. Distortion
6.8. Axial color
6.9. Lateral color
6.10. Aberration curves
6.11. Point-spread function analysis
6.12. Review and summary.
7. Optical components. 7.1. Introduction
7.2. Lens
7.3. Mirror
7.4. Prisms
7.5. Review and summary.
8. Basic optical instruments. 8.1. Introduction
8.2. Magnifier, or loupe
8.3. Eyepiece
8.4. Microscope
8.5. Telescope
8.6. Binoculars
8.7. Riflescope
8.8. Surveying and optical tooling instruments
8.9. Periscope, borescope, and endoscope
8.10. Review and summary.
9. Optical materials and coatings. 9.1. Introduction
9.2. Optical glass
9.3. Low-expansion materials
9.4. Surface losses and antireflection coatings
9.5. Materials for infrared systems
9.6. Optical plastics
9.7. Review and summary.
Appendix A. Basic optical engineering library
Appendix B. Optical design software sources
Appendix C. Optical glass sources
Appendix D. Conversion factors and constants
Appendix E. Measures and equivalents
Appendix F. Basic photometric considerations
Appendix G. Surface sag and conic sections
Index.
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