Price : $59.00$47.20 ISBN : 9780819488251
Page : 208 Year of Publication : 2011 Edition : 02 Publisher : SPIE PRESS Subject : SCIENCE
Description :
This book provides a clear, concise, and consistent exposition of what aberrations are, how they arise in optical imaging systems, and how they affect the quality of images formed by them. The emphasis of the book is on physical insight, problem solving, and numerical results, and the text is intended for engineers and scientists who have a need and a desire for a deeper and better understanding of aberrations and their role in optical imaging and wave propagation. Some knowledge of Gaussian optics and an appreciation for aberrations would be useful but is not required.
The second edition of Aberration Theory Made Simple features an updated Cartesian sign convention, which is used in advanced books on geometrical optics and in optical design software. New topics include centroid and standard deviation of ray aberrations, spot diagrams for primary aberrations, the golden rule of optical design about relying on such diagrams, update of 2D PSFs for primary aberrations, aberration-free optical transfer function of systems with annular and Gaussian pupils, Zernike polynomials for circular, annular, and Gaussian pupils, effect of longitudinal image motion on an image, lucky imaging in ground-based astronomy, and adaptive optics.
The second edition of Aberration Theory Made Simple features an updated Cartesian sign convention, which is used in advanced books on geometrical optics and in optical design software. New topics include centroid and standard deviation of ray aberrations, spot diagrams for primary aberrations, the golden rule of optical design about relying on such diagrams, update of 2D PSFs for primary aberrations, aberration-free optical transfer function of systems with annular and Gaussian pupils, Zernike polynomials for circular, annular, and Gaussian pupils, effect of longitudinal image motion on an image, lucky imaging in ground-based astronomy, and adaptive optics.
Virendra N. Mahajan was born in Vihari, Pakistan, and educated in india and the united state. He received his Ph.D degree in optical science from the college of optical sciences, University of Arizona.
Content :
Symbols and Notation
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
CHAPTER 1: OPTICAL ABERRATIONS
CHAPTER 2: THIN LENS
CHAPTER 3: ABERRATIONS OF A PLANE-PARALLEL PLATE
CHAPTER 4: ABERRATIONS OF A SPHERICAL MIRROR
CHAPTER 5: SCHMIDT CAMERA
CHAPTER 6: ABERRATIONS OF A CONIC SURFACE
CHAPTER 7: RAY SPOT SIZES AND DIAGRAMS
CHAPTER 8: SYSTEMS WITH CIRCULAR PUPILS
CHAPTER 9: SYSTEMS WITH ANNULAR AND GAUSSIAN PUPILS