Introduction to Geometrical Optics
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Introduction to Geometrical Optics

  1. 328 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Introduction to Geometrical Optics

About this book

This book is the culmination of twenty-five years of teaching Geometrical Optics. The volume is organised such that the single spherical refracting surface is the basic optical element. Spherical mirrors are treated as special cases of refraction, with the same applicable equations. Thin lens equations follow as combinations of spherical refracting surfaces while the cardinal points of the thick lens make it equivalent to a thin lens. Ultimately, one set of vergence equations are applicable to all these elements.

The chapters are devoted to in-depth treatments of stops, pupils and ports; magnifiers, microscopes, telescopes, and camera lenses; ophthalmic instruments; resolving power and MTF; trigonometric ray tracing; and chromatic and monochromatic aberrations. There are over 100 worked examples, 400 homework problems and 400 illustrations.

First published in 1994 by Penumbra Publishing Co.

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Table of contents

  1. CONTENTS
  2. PREFACE
  3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  4. CHAPTER 1: LIGHT
  5. CHAPTER 2: REFLECTION AT PLANE MIRRORS
  6. CHAPTER 3: REFRACTION OF LIGHT
  7. CHAPTER 4: REFRACTION BY PLANES PLATES AND PRISMS
  8. CHAPTER 5: PARAXIAL REFRACTION AT PLANES PLATES AND PRISMS
  9. CHAPTER 6: REFRACTION AND REFLECTION AT SPHERICAL SURFACES
  10. CHAPTER 7: THIN LENSES
  11. CHAPTER 8: ROTATIONALLY SYMMETRICAL SYSTEMS
  12. CHAPTER 9: ASTIGMATIC LENSES
  13. CHAPTER 10: THICK LENS SYSTEMS: PART I
  14. CHAPTER 11: THICK LENS SYSTEMS: PART II
  15. CHAPTER 12: STOPS PUPILS AND PORTS
  16. CHAPTER 13: NUMERICAL APERTURE f-NUMBER AND RESOLUTION
  17. CHAPTER 14: MAGNIFIERS AND MICROSCOPES
  18. CHAPTER 15: TELESCOPES
  19. CHAPTER 16: CAMERAS AND PROJECTORS
  20. CHAPTER 17: OPHTHALMIC INSTRUMENTS
  21. CHAPTER 18: DISPERSION AND CHROMATIC ABERRATION
  22. CHAPTER 19: TRIGONOMETRIC RAY TRACING
  23. CHAPTER 20: MONOCHROMATIC ABERRATIONS
  24. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  25. INDEX