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Nowadays, although most of optical design processes have been automated with the acid of computer software, there remains the fundamental question of ""how to generate the initial optical configuration to the one dealt with by the computer"". Only techniques based on the aberration theory will be able to answer this question. This book is intended for the reader to study aberration theory beginning with its derivation and ending in its various techniques which can be applied effectively to practical design problems. These techniques are illustrated together with various kinds of actual examples.

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Author:   Yoshiya Matsui (.) ,  Kyoji Nariai (.)
Publisher:   World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Imprint:   World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
ISBN:  

9789810213497

ISBN 10:   9810213492
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   01 June 1993
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part 1 Introduction: role of the aberration theory; paraxial theory as the basis for the aberration theory; application of paraxial theory to lens design. Part 2 Derivation of the aberration theory: characteristic function of Hamilton (point eikonal); outline of the Herzberger theory. Part 3 Practical aberration theory and its formulae: transformation of the Herzberger aberration theory into practical form; normalization of aberration coefficients; aberration coefficients for a thin lens approximation; intrinsic coefficients and aberrations with characteristic matrix. Part 4 Case studies: determination of initial configuration of an optical system and the application of aberration theory; determination of configuration of a telephoto type lens; determination of a configuration in a triplet; design of a catadioptric system; invariant of Helmholtz-Lagrange; derivation of formulae of calculation of aberration coefficients for individual surface in an optical system; derivation of formulae of calculation of chromatic aberration coefficients for individual surface in an optical system 195; initial values of paraxial rays for the calculation of aberration coefficients.

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