Introduction to Lens Design

A concise introduction to lens design, including the fundamental theory, methods and tools used in the field.

José Sasián (Author)

9781108494328, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 26 September 2019

248 pages, 171 b/w illus. 71 tables
23.5 x 15.6 x 1.5 cm, 0.52 kg

'This book's strength lies in delivering a vast amount of knowledge on optical lens design in a succinct manner. It comprehensively describes the fundamental optical theory and state-of-the-art of lens design, including aberrations, achromatic doublets, and lens tolerances. This field has strong impacts in several technologies from telescopes to lasers to microscopes. The target audience for this text is graduate students in optical design and photonics engineers, but anyone concerned with imaging industries will profit from reading this book.' Christian Brosseau, Optics & Photonics News

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.

Preface
1. Introduction
2. Classical imaging, first-order imaging, and imaging aberrations
3. Aspheric surfaces
4. Thin lenses
5. Ray tracing
6. Radiometry in a lens system
7. Achromatic and athermal lenses
8. Combinations of achromatic doublets
9. Image evaluation
10. Lens tolerancing
11. Using lens design software
12. Petzval portrait objective, Cooke triplet and double Gauss lens
13. Lens system combinations
14. Ghost image analysis
15. Designing with off-the-shelf lenses
16. Mirror systems
17. Miniature lenses
18. Zoom lenses
Appendix 1: tables of imaging aberrations
Appendix 2: tables of pupil aberrations
Appendix 3: tables of structural aberration coefficients
Appendix 4: table of aberrations of a plane symmetric system
Appendix 5: the sine condition
Glossary
Further reading
Index.

Subject Areas: Applied optics [TTB], Optical physics [PHJ], Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment & methods [PGG], Industrial applications of scientific research & technological innovation [PDG], Optometry / opticians [MQR]