Table of Contents

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.

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Milton Laikin