Optical System Design Second Edition

<p><b>Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality authenticity or access to any online entitlements included with the product.</b></p><p><b><br></b></p><p><b>Learn advanced optical design techniques from the field's most respected guide</b></p><p>Honed for more than 20 years in an SPIE professional course taught by renowned optical systems designer Robert E. Fischer <i>Optical System Design</i> 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. </p><p>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 <i>Optical Systems Design</i> Second Edition features: </p><ul><li>Computer-aided design use explained through sample problems</li><li>Case studies of third-millennium applications in digital imaging sensors lasers machine vision and more</li><li>New chapters on optomechanical design systems analysis and stray-light suppression</li><li>New chapter on polarization including lots of really useful information</li><li>New and expanded chapter on diffractive optics</li><li>Techniques for getting rid of geometrical aberrations</li><li>Testing tolerancing and manufacturing guidance</li><li>Intelligent use of aspheric surfaces in optical design</li><li>Pointers on using off-the-shelf optics</li><li>Basic optical principles and solutions for common and advanced design problems</li></ul>