Table of Contents:
  • 1. Rays and the Foundations of Geometrical Optics
  • 2. Review of Elementary Ray Optics
  • 3. Imagery by a Single Surface and a Thin Lens
  • 4. Gaussian Optics
  • 5. Putting It All Together
  • 6. Gaussian Optics of Optical Instruments and Components
  • 7. Introduction to Aberrations
  • 8. Computation of Primary Aberrations
  • 9. Aberrations of a Thin Lens in Air
  • 10. Optical Design
  • App. 1. Matrix Methods in Paraxial Optics
  • App. 2. Gaussian Beam Ray Tracing
  • App. 3. Finite Ray Tracing
  • App. 4. Shift of Focus
  • App. 5. Two Computer Programs
  • App. 6. Thin-Lens Bending Program.