Optical System Design, Second Edition

Optical System Design, Second Edition

<p><b>Learn advanced optical design techniques from the field's most respected guide</b></p> <p>Honed for more than 20 years in an SPIE professional course taught by renowned optical systems designer Robert E. Fischer, <i>Optical System Design</i>, Second Edition brings you the latest cutting-edge design techniques and more than 400 detailed diagrams that clearly illustrate every major procedure in optical design.</p> <p>This thoroughly updated resource helps you work better and faster with computer-aided optical design techniques, diffractive optics, and the latest applications, including digital imaging, telecommunications, and machine vision. No need for complex, unnecessary mathematical derivations-instead, you get hundreds of examples that break the techniques down into understandable steps. For twenty-first century optical design without the mystery, the authoritative <i>Optical Systems Design</i>, Second Edition features:</p> <ul> <li>Computer-aided design use explained through sample problems</li> <li>Case studies of third-millennium applications in digital imaging, sensors, lasers, machine vision, and more</li> <li>New chapters on optomechanical design, systems analysis, and stray-light suppression</li> <li>New chapter on polarization including lots of really useful information</li> <li>New and expanded chapter on diffractive optics</li> <li>Techniques for getting rid of geometrical aberrations</li> <li>Testing, tolerancing, and manufacturing guidance</li> <li>Intelligent use of aspheric surfaces in optical design</li> <li>Pointers on using off-the-shelf optics</li> <li>Basic optical principles and solutions for common and advanced design problems</li> </ul>