The Ray and Wave Theory of Lenses
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- Author: A. Walther, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Massachusetts
- Date Published: November 2006
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521028295
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This book describes techniques used to predict the quality of images formed by optical systems, such as telescopes, camera lenses, and microscope objectives. It covers in detail how the ray and wave pictures of lens behavior can be combined and developed to produce a theory capable of dealing with the large angles encountered in real optical systems. Several applications are considered, including the propagation of a Gaussian beam along a skew ray, a clear and convincing demonstration that diffractive optical elements are subject to the same fundamental limitation as conventional lenses, a thorough discussion of the "cosine-to-the-fourth law," and a detailed example of mock ray tracing. Containing many practical insights, as well as exercises and solutions, this book will be of great interest to graduate students taking courses in this field, and to anyone working in optical design and engineering.
Read more- Provides an accurate description of the behaviour of real optical systems
- Contains many problems and solutions
- A valuable reference for professionals in optical design and engineering
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"...valuable and delightful...set forth in a clear, elegant, logical style that leads us from first principles to many profound conclusions...abounds in useful results and fundamental theorems...should be of most interest to lens designers and graduate students in a course in geometrical optics." David Shafer, Optics & Photonics News
See more reviews"...an impressive book and an important addition to the literature of geometrical optics. I believe it should be of great interest to any serious student or practicioner of optical design and engineering." John S. Loomis, Optical Engineering
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- Date Published: November 2006
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521028295
- length: 416 pages
- dimensions: 228 x 150 x 26 mm
- weight: 0.617kg
- contains: 77 b/w illus. 20 tables 58 exercises
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
Part I. Preview:
1. Some consequences of the wave equation
Part II. Geometrical Optics:
2. Fermat's principle
3. Path differentials
4. The structure of image forming pencils
5. Eikonal transformations
6. Perfect images
7. Aberrations
8. Radiometry
Part III. Paraxial Optics:
9. The small angle approximation
10. Paraxial calculations
11. Stops and pupils
12. Chromatic aberrations
Part IV. Waves in Homogeneous Media:
13. Waves
14. Wave propagation I: exact results
15. Wave propagation II: approximations
16. The stationary phase approximation
Part V. Wave Propagation Through Lenses:
17. Toward a wave theory of lenses
18. General propagation kernels
19. Paraxial wave propagation
20. The wave theory of image formation
21. Fourier optics
Part VI. Aberrations:
22. Perfect systems
23. The vicinity of an arbitrary ray
24. Third order aberrations
25. The small field approximation
26. Ray tracing
27. Aberrations and the wave theory
Part VII. Applications:
28. Gaussian beams
29. Concentric systems
30. Thin lenses
31. Mock ray tracing
32. Diffractive optical elements
Appendices
Bibliography
Index.
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