Introduction-to-Lens-Design-with-Practical-ZEMAX

iiiTableofContentsPreface.......................................................xiiiChapter1Agenda...............................................11.1Introduction............................................11.1.1WhyLensDesign?..................................11.1.2TypeofCourse.....................................11.1.3AcquiredSkills.....................................11.2SettingtheStage........................................31.2.1AComparison......................................31.2.2AberrationandImagery..............................31.2.3LensSizeandFOV..................................41.2.4Specifications......................................51.3Homework.............................................8Chapter2ZEMAX.............................................112.1IntroductiontoZEMAX.................................112.2DataEntry............................................112.2.1InsertingaPrescriptionintheLensDataEditor..........112.2.2DialogBoxes.....................................122.3Layout...............................................132.4FirstOrderProperties...................................172.5Analysis..............................................172.6KeepingTrackofDesigns................................172.7ZEMAXGlassCatalog..................................182.8OddsandEnds.........................................192.8.1Moreonf-number..................................192.8.2RaySelection.....................................20Chapter3ConventionsandAspheres..............................213.1Introduction...........................................213.2SignConventions.......................................213.3ShapeFactor..........................................213.4SurfaceSag...........................................223.5AsphericSurfaces......................................233.6DepartureFromSphere..................................273.7Homework............................................283.7.1Singlet........................................29ivChapter4ParaxialWorld.......................................334.1Introduction...........................................334.2ParaxialRayTraceEquations.............................334.3GaussianLensFormula..................................344.4WhatLensesLookLikeinthePRTEWorld..................354.5DeterminationofSurfacePower...........................364.6OtherImportantPowerExpressions........................374.6.1SingleReflectingSurface............................374.6.2Two-ElementSystem...............................374.6.3ThinLens........................................394.7PrincipalPlaneLocationsinaTwo-ElementSystem...........404.8Magnification.........................................414.9Homework............................................42Chapter5StopsandPupils......................................435.1Introduction..........................................435.2StopandPupils........................................435.3MarginalandChiefRays.................................465.4LocatingBuriedStopEntranceandExitPupilsUsingPRTE.....465.5PupilSizeandF-Number................................475.6TheLagrangeInvariant..................................485.7Homework............................................49Chapter6Glass,andtheLandscapeLens..........................516.1Introduction...........................................516.2GlassProperties........................................516.2.1RefractiveIndex...................................516.2.2Dispersion........................................516.2.3HowCanWeQuantifytheDispersivePropertyofGlasses?.526.2.4GlassChart.......................................546.2.5MeltData........................................556.2.6PartialDispersion..................................556.2.7PracticalConsiderations.............................586.3StopShiftingandAberrationControl.......................586.4WollastonRearLandscapeLens...........................616.5HistoricalNote:WilliamWollaston........................626.6Homework............................................62Chapter7AberrationsinGeneral.................................657.1Introduction...........................................657.2DiagnosticPlots........................................657.2.1TheRayFanPlot..................................657.2.2TheSpotDiagram..................................677.3RayDescriptionofAberrations............................687.3.1Defocus..........................................687.3.2SphericalAberration................................68v7.3.3Coma............................................717.3.4Astigmatism......................................737.3.5FieldCurvatureandDistortion........................757.4WavefrontAberrations..................................777.4.1DescriptionofWavefront............................777.4.2InteractionOfWavefrontsWithOpticalSystems.........787.4.3WavefrontDescription..............................797.4.4WavefrontsandDiffraction..........................827.5ConnectionBetweenImagePlaneandExitPupilAberrations...