Imaging Optics

This comprehensive and self-contained text for researchers and professionals presents a detailed account of optical imaging from the viewpoint of both ray and wave optics.

Joseph Braat (Author), Peter Török (Author)

9781108428088, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 2 May 2019

984 pages, 557 b/w illus. 59 tables
25.4 x 19.2 x 3.9 cm, 1.81 kg

'Imaging Optics establishes a clear connection among the electrodynamic theory of optical propagation, the various approaches to diffraction theory, and the practical methods used in the design and optimization of imaging systems … Imaging Optics [is] not only a good choice for students, but also a useful reference book for physicists and engineers interested in the design, development, and optimization of optical imaging systems.' Rémi Carminati, Physics Today

This comprehensive and self-contained text presents the fundamentals of optical imaging from the viewpoint of both ray and wave optics, within a single volume. Comprising three distinct parts, it opens with an introduction to electromagnetic theory, including electromagnetic diffraction problems and how they can be solved with the aid of standard numerical methods such as RCWA or FDTD. The second part is devoted to the basic theory of geometrical optics and the study of optical aberrations inherent in imaging systems, including large-scale telescopes and high-resolution projection lenses. A detailed overview of state-of-the-art optical system design provides readers with the necessary tools to successfully use commercial optical design software. The final part explores diffraction theory and concludes with vectorial wave propagation, image formation and image detection in high-aperture imaging systems. The wide-ranging perspective of this important book provides researchers and professionals with a comprehensive and rigorous treatise on the theoretical and applied aspects of optical imaging.

Preface
Acknowledgement
Part I. Electromagnetic Theory in the Optical Domain: 1. Electromagnetic wave propagation in isotropic media
2. Wave propagation in anisotropic media
3. Surface waves, metamaterials and perfect imaging
Part II. Geometrical Theory of Optical Imaging: 4. Foundations of geometrical optics
5. Aberration analysis of optical systems
6. Analytic design and optimisation of optical systems
7. Design methods for optical imaging systems
Part III. Diffraction Theory of Optical Imaging: 8. Vectorial and scalar theory of diffraction and focussing
9. The aberrated scalar and vector point-spread function
10. Frequency analysis of optical imaging
11. Theory of vector imaging
Appendix A. Fourier analysis, complex notation and vector formulas
Appendix B. Phase and group velocity of a wave packet
Appendix C. The Kramers-Kronig dispersion relations
Appendix D. Zernike polynomials
Appendix E. Magnetically induced optical rotation (Faraday effect)
Appendix F. Vector point-spread function in a multilayer structure
Appendix G. V. S Ignatowsky: diffraction by a lens of arbitrary aperture
References
Author index
Subject index.

Subject Areas: Imaging systems & technology [TTBM], Applied optics [TTB], Optical physics [PHJ], Physics [PH], Medical imaging [MMP]