Introduction To Lens Design

Optical lenses have many important applications, from telescopes and spectacles, to microscopes and lasers. This concise, introductory book provides an overview of the subtle art of lens design. It covers the fundamental, optical theory, and the practical methods and tools employed in lens design, in a succinct and accessible manner. Topics covered include first-order optics, optical aberrations, achromatic doublets, optical relays, lens tolerances, designing with off-the-shelf lenses, miniature lenses, and zoom lenses. Covering all the key concepts of lens design, and providing suggestions for further reading at the end of each chapter, this book is an essential resource for graduate students working in optics and photonics, in addition to engineers and technicians working in the optics and imaging industries. • Provides clear discussion of the design of classical lenses, enabling insight into basic lens systems configurations • Includes the theoretical background required to build a coherent understanding of lens design • Further reading sections guide students towards more advanced topics in lens design Cover......Page 1 Front Matter ......Page 3 Introduction to Lens Design......Page 5 Copyright ......Page 6 Dedication ......Page 7 Epigraph ......Page 8 Contents ......Page 9 Preface ......Page 0 1 Introduction......Page 17 2 Classical Imaging, First-Order Imaging, and Imaging Aberrations......Page 21 3 Aspheric Surfaces......Page 37 4 Thin Lenses......Page 46 5 Ray Tracing......Page 60 6 Radiometry in a Lens System......Page 70 7 Achromatic and Athermal Lenses......Page 80 8 Combinations of Achromatic Doublets......Page 97 9 Image Evaluation......Page 114 10 Lens Tolerancing......Page 126 11 Using Lens Design Software......Page 142 12 Petzval Portrait Objective, Cooke Triplet, and Double Gauss Lens......Page 153 13 Lens System Combinations......Page 169 14 Ghost Image Analysis......Page 180 15 Designing with Off-the-Shelf Lenses......Page 187 16 Mirror Systems......Page 192 17 Miniature Lenses......Page 203 18 Zoom Lenses......Page 212 Appendix 1. Imaging Aberrations......Page 223 Appendix 2. Pupil Aberrations......Page 226 Appendix 3. Structural Aberration Coefficients......Page 227 Appendix 4. Primary Aberrations of a Plane Symmetric System......Page 231 Appendix 5. Sine Condition......Page 234 Glossary......Page 237 Further Reading on Lens Design......Page 245 Index......Page 247 A concise introduction to lens design, including the fundamental theory, concepts, methods and tools used in the field. Covering all the essential concepts and providing suggestions for further reading at the end of each chapter, this book is an essential resource for graduate students working in optics and photonics.