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Honed for more than 20 years in an SPIE professional course taught by renowned optical systems designer Robert E. Fischer, Optical System Design, Second Edition brings you the latest cutting-edge design techniques and more than 400 detailed diagrams that clearly illustrate every major procedure in optical design.This thoroughly updated resource helps you work better and faster with computer-aided optical design techniques, diffractive optics, and the latest applications, including digital imaging, telecommunications, and machine vision. No need for complex, unnecessary mathematical derivations-instead, you get hundreds of examples that break the techniques down into understandable steps. For twenty-first century optical design without the mystery, the authoritative Optical Systems Design, Second Edition features: Computer-aided design use explained through sample problems Case studies of third-millennium applications in digital imaging, sensors, lasers, machine vision, and more New chapters on optomechanical design, systems analysis, and stray-light suppression New chapter on polarization including lots of really useful information New and expanded chapter on diffractive optics Techniques for getting rid of geometrical aberrations Testing, tolerancing, and manufacturing guidance Intelligent use of aspheric surfaces in optical design Pointers on using off-the-shelf optics Basic optical principles and solutions for common and advanced design problems
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OPTICAL SYSTEM DESIGN About the Authors Robert E. Fischer is the president and founder of OPTICS 1, Incorporated, of Westlake Village, California. He has a BS and MS in Optics from the Institute of Optics at the University of Rochester. He has been involved in optical design and engineering since 1967 when he joined the Itek Corporation. Prior to founding OPTICS 1, he was with Hughes Aircraft. His primary areas of technical interest and expertise include lens design, optical engineering, optical system manufacturing and testing, illumination systems, and related engineering technologies. In addition to chairing many conferences with the SPIE, Fischer has held several positions with the society, including president in 1984, and treasurer from 2001 through 2005. His popular short course “Practical Optical System Design” has been widely attended over the years and forms the basis for this book. Mr. Fischer is a Fellow of SPIE and the Optical Society of America. He was awarded the Albert M. Pezzuto award from SPIE in 1986, and the Gold Medal of SPIE in 2000. Biljana Tadic-Galeb is a Senior Staff Optical Engineer at Panavision of Woodland Hills, California. She has a BS in Physics from the University of Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, and an MS in Optics from Reading University in England. She also holds an MS in Metrology from the University of Beograd, Yugoslavia. Ms. Tadic-Galeb has 30 years of experience as an Optical Systems Engineer with specialties in the development of complex visible, IR, and UV optical systems, projections systems, laser systems, and hybrid systems with diffractive elements and fibers. She was recognized by the National Academy of Engineering in their featured Women Engineers Program. Paul R. Yoder. Jr. has, since 1951, designed and managed the development of optical systems and instruments for military, aerospace, and commercial applications at the U.S. Army’s Frankford Arsenal and at the Perkin Elmer Corporation, as well as ophthalmic laser systems at Taunton Technologies, Inc. Since 1983, he has also served many clients as an independent consultant in optical engineering and optomechanical design. He has published widely in those fields with 66 technical papers, 2 handbook chapters, and 4 reference books to his credit. Yoder received his BS and MS degrees in physics from Juniata College (1947) and