Lens Design Fundamentals
- 3rd Edition - December 31, 2099
- Latest edition
- Authors: R. Barry Johnson, Rudolf Kingslake
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 8 4 8 1 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 8 4 8 0 - 2
Rudolf Kingslake is regarded as the American father of lens design; his book, originally published in 1978, is viewed as a classic in the field. Dr. R. Barry Johnson, a past SP… Read more
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Rudolf Kingslake is regarded as the American father of lens design; his book, originally published in 1978, is viewed as a classic in the field. Dr. R. Barry Johnson, a past SPIE President, revised the book in 2010 providing key updates to address the availability of powerful lens design software packages, theoretical advances, new and improved optical materials, and new surface fabrication technologies. The second edition received the SPIE/OSA 2012 Joseph Goodman Book Writing Award—a biennial award that recognizes outstanding books in the field of optics & photonics that has contributed significantly to research, teaching or industry.
The third edition has been thoroughly revised and expanded to reflect the substantial changes in the field.
Aberration theory has been expanded to include wave aberrations, Zernike polynomials, and nodal aberration theory. Design methods for zoom lenses has been added, along with additional material for design of microscope objectives and eyepieces, with relevant examples. New chapters have been added that cover the fundamentals of anamorphic lenses, miniature lenses used in devices such as smartphones, infrared lenses, freeform optics, and athermalization.
Optical engineers working in lens design will find this book an invaluable guide to lens design in traditional and emerging areas of application; it is also suited to advanced undergraduate or graduate course in lens design principles and as a self-learning tutorial and reference for the practitioner.
- Thoroughly revised and expanded to reflect the substantial changes in the field since its original publication in 1978 and the second edition publication in 2010.
- Strong emphasis on how to effectively use software design packages, indispensable to today’s lens designer
- Many new lens design problems and examples – ranging from simple lenses to complex zoom lenses and mirror systems – give insight for both the newcomer and specialist in the field
Optical engineers, Lens Designers
- Edition: 3
- Latest edition
- Published: December 31, 2099
- Language: English
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R. Barry Johnson
R. Barry Johnson has been involved for over 50 years in lens design, optical systems design, and electro-optical systems engineering. He has been a faculty member at three academic institutions engaged in optics education and research, co-founder of the Center for Applied Optics at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, employed by a number of companies, and provided consulting services. Dr. Johnson is an SPIE Fellow and Honorary Member, OSA Fellow, Institute of Physics Fellow, and a Past SPIE President (1987). He published numerous papers, several books, has been awarded many patents, and is the Institute of Physics Book Series Editor for Emerging Technologies in Optics and Photonics. Dr. Johnson was founder and Chairman of the SPIE Lens Design Working Group (1988-2002), and a perennial chair of the annual SPIE Current Developments in Lens Design and Optical Engineering Conference.
Affiliations and expertise
Consultant, Huntsville, AL, USARK
Rudolf Kingslake
Rudolf Kingslake (1903-2003) was a founding faculty member of the Institute of Optics at The University of Rochester (1929) and remained teaching until 1983. Concurrently, in 1937 he became head of the lens design department at Eastman Kodak until his retirement in 1969. Dr. Kingslake published numerous papers, books, and was awarded many patents. He was a Fellow of SPIE and OSA, and an OSA President (1947-48). He was awarded the Progress Medal from SMPTE (1978), the Frederic Ives Medal (1973), and the Gold Medal of SPIE (1980).
Affiliations and expertise
University of Rochester, NY, USA