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The Latest Advances in Optical Engineering and Lens Technology Long-established as the definitive optics text and reference, Modern Optical Engineering has been completely revised and updated to equip you with all the latest optical and lens advances. The Fourth Edition now contains cutting-edge information on optical engineering theory, design, and practice, including new chapters on ray tracing, optical system design, and third-order aberration theory.
Written by the renowned optical scientist Warren J. Smith, this state-of-the-art guide provides unsurpassed coverage of image formation, basic optical devices, image evaluation, fabrication and testing methods, and more. Comprehensive and up-to-date, Modern Optical Engineering features:
Synopsis
"The most valuable reference text available today to those working in the field."
--Bruce H. Walker, Walker Associates, Southampton, MA
"An enduring classic standard text because of Smith's style and ability to explain optical concepts."
--R.R. Shannon, Professor Emeritus, Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona; author of The Art and Science of Optical Design Smith's Classic, for Millennium Three
The book that both experts and neophytes turn to first, Warren J. Smith's revered Modern Optical Engineering is now updated with the latest applications, tools, and techniques--plus new insights from the master. It's a resource that anyone interested in optics won't want to miss.
NEW IN THIS EDITION
*Expanded coverage of diffractive and replicated optics
*Lens design in depth
*Testing and fabrication updates
*Updates on IR and illumination systems, detectors, scanners, and image quality
*More on radiometry
*Computer aids*Wave front aberration verses PSF and Strehe ratio
*Smith's own "Rules of Thumb"
*Current developments
*Electronic version of the complete book on CD-ROM
A volume in the McGraw-Hill Series on Optical and Electro-Optical Engineering.
Synopsis
This compendium combines the traditional circuit "cookbook" with state-of-the-art troubleshooting techniques and is an unmatched resource for electronic circuit designers, technicians, students, and hobbyists worldwide. All 600+ predesigned circuits, which have not appeared in the earlier volumes, are conveniently grouped by function. Debugging and troubleshooting routines make it easy to integrate circuits into existing systems.
Synopsis
The optical engineering field's most widely used, benchmark book/CD, now updated to reflect an entire decade's worth of optical and lens advances. New! Chapter on lens design, and sections on new types of optics: diffractive, holographic, binary, etc.
About the Author
Warren J. Smith (Carlsbad, CA) is Chief Scientist at Kaiser Electro-Optics and an independent consultant. He is one of the most widely known writers and educators in optical design, the author of three editions of Modern Optical Engineering, as well as Modern Lens Design and Practical Optical System Layout.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Optics Overview
Chapter 2. Gaussian Optics: The Cardinal Points
Chapter 3. Paraxial Optics and Calculations
Chapter 4. Optical System Considerations
Chapter 5. The Primary Aberrations
Chapter 6. Third-Order Aberration Theory and Calculation
Chapter 7. Prism and Mirror Systems
Chapter 8. Characteristics of the Human Eye
Chapter 9. Stops, Apertures, Pupils and Diffraction
Chapter 10. Optical Materials
Chapter 11. Optical Coatings
Chapter 12. Principles of Radiometry and Photometry
Chapter 13. Optical System Layout
Chapter 14. Case Studies in System Layout
Chapter 15. Wave-Front Aberrations and MTF
Chapter 16. The Basics of Lens Design
Chapter 17. Lens Design for Eyepieces, Microscopes, Cameras, etc.
Chapter 18. Design of Mirror and Catadioptric Systems
Chapter 19. Selected Lens Designs, Analyzed and Annotated
Chapter 20. The Practice of Optical Engineering
Chapter 21. Getting the Most Out of "Stock" Lenses
Appendix A. Raytracing and Aberration Calculation
Appendix B. Some Standard Dimensions
Glossary
Index