504 Pages 186 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    There is no shortage of lens optimization software on the market to deal with today's complex optical systems for all sorts of custom and standardized applications. But all of these software packages share one critical flaw: you still have to design a starting solution. Continuing the bestselling tradition of the author's previous books, Lens Design, Fourth Edition is still the most complete and reliable guide for detailed design information and procedures for a wide range of optical systems.

    Milton Laikin draws on his varied and extensive experience, ranging from innovative cinematographic and special-effects optical systems to infrared and underwater lens systems, to cover a vast range of special-purpose optical systems and their detailed design and analysis. This edition has been updated to replace obsolete glass types and now includes several new designs and sections on stabilized systems, the human eye, spectrographic systems, and diffractive systems. A new CD-ROM accompanies this edition, offering extensive lens prescription data and executable ZEMAX files corresponding to figures in the text.

    Filled with sage advice and completely illustrated, Lens Design, Fourth Edition supplies hands-on guidance for the initial design and final optimization for a plethora of commercial, consumer, and specialized optical systems.

    The Method of Lens Design
    The Achromatic Doublet
    The Air-Spaced Triplet
    Triplet Modifications
    Petzval Lenses
    Double Gauss and Near Symmetric Types
    Telephoto Lenses
    Inverted Telephoto Lens
    Very-Wide-Angle Lenses
    Eyepieces
    Microscope Objectives
    In-Water Lenses
    Afocal Optical Systems
    Relay Lenses
    Catadioptric and Mirror Optical Systems
    Periscope Systems
    IR Lenses
    Ultraviolet Lenses and Optical Lithography
    F-Theta Scan Lenses
    Endoscope
    Enlarging and Copying Lenses
    Projection Lenses
    Telecentric Systems
    Laser-Focusing Lenses (Optical Disc)
    Heads-Up Display Lenses
    The Achromatic Wedge
    Wedge-Plate and Rotary-Prism Cameras
    Anamorphic Attachments
    Illumination Systems
    Lenses for Aerial Photography
    Radiation-Resistant Lenses
    Lenses for Microprojection
    First-Order Theory, Mechanically Compensated Zoom
    First Order Theory, Optically Compensated Zoom Lenses
    Mechanically Compensated Zoom Lenses
    The Optically Compensated Zoom Lenses
    Copy Lenses with Variable Magnification
    Variable Focal Length Lenses
    Gradient-Index Lenses
    Stabilized Optical Systems
    The Human Emmetropic Eye
    Spectrographic Systems
    Diffractive Systems
    Appendix A: Film and CCD Formats
    Appendix B: Flange Distance
    Appendix C: Thermal and Mechanical Properties
    Appendix D: Commercially Available Lens Design Programs
    Index

    Biography

    Milton Laikin