Analytical Lens Design (Second Edition)

This book explores the lenses analogous to conic mirrors, the only kind of mirrors free of spherical aberration. With new ideas and results appearing in the field of optics, this second edition presents an in-depth look at lenses free of spherical aberrations and uses illustrative examples. Based on ideas from the first edition, this text contains six new chapters, which are not limited to stigmatic lenses but also discuss aplanatic lenses, stigmatic mirror systems and aplanatic mirrors. A ...