Wavefront analysis /

Wavefront Analysis is Part III of a series of books on Optical Imaging and Aberrations. It has evolved out of the author's work and lectures over the years on wavefront analysis as applied to optical design and testing. Its focus is on the use of orthonormal polynomials that represent balanced...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mahajan, Virendra N. (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Bellingham, Washington (1000 20th St. Bellingham WA 98225-6705 USA) : SPIE Press, [2013]
Series:	Optical imaging and aberrations ; pt.3. SPIE Digital Library. SPIE monograph ; PM221.
Subjects:	Aberration. Geometrical optics. Imaging systems. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Preface
Acknowledgments
Symbols and notation
Chapter 1. Optical imaging
Chapter 2. Optical wavefronts and their aberrations
Chapter 3. Orthonormal polynomials and Gram-Schmidt orthonormalization
Chapter 4. Systems with circular pupils
Chapter 5. Systems with annular pupils
Chapter 6. Systems with Gaussian pupils
Chapter 7. Systems with hexagonal pupils
Chapter 8. Systems with elliptical pupils
Chapter 9. Systems with rectangular pupils
Chapter 10. Systems with square pupils
Chapter 11. Systems with slit pupils
Chapter 12. Use of Zernike circle polynomials for noncircular pupils
Chapter 13. Anamorphic systems
Chapter 14. Numerical wavefront analysis
Appendix: Systems with sector pupils.