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Aberration theory made simple /

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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 intend...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mahajan, Virendra N.
Corporate Author: Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bellingham, Wash. (1000 20th St. Bellingham WA 98225-6705 USA) : SPIE, 2011.
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:SPIE Digital Library.
SPIE tutorial texts ; TT93.
Subjects:
Aberration.
Geometrical optics.
Imaging systems.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Preface to the second edition
  • Preface to the first edition
  • Symbols and notation
  • 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
  • Chapter 10. Line of sight of an aberrated system
  • Chapter 11. Random aberrations
  • Chapter 12. Observation of aberrations
  • Bibliography
  • References for additional reading.