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Contents of Modern Lens Design 2nd Edition LWgYGXWT"
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1 Introduction cU
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1.1 Lens Design Books 1L722I@
1.2 Reference Material ~lO^C
1.3 Specifications `s
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1.4 Lens Design P,5gaT)
1.5 Lens Design Program Features Zp'c>ty=
1.6 About This Book .ko8`J%%M
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2 Automatic Lens Design ! Ra.DSL
2.2 The Merit Function ( iM*Y"Y
2.3 Local Minima v+XB$j^H
2.4 The Landscape Lens Hq9yu*!u
2.5 Types of Merit Function _ dFZR
2.6 Stagnation W*A-CkrO
2.7 Generalized Simulated Annealing bxX[$q
2.8 Considerations about Variables for Optimization V,t&jgG*
2.9 How to Increase the Speed or Field of a System and Avoid Ray Failure Problems / J 3
2.10 Test Plate Fits, Melt Fits, Thickness Fits and Reverse Aberration Fits 5Y<O
2.11 Spectral Weighting Fw,'a
2.12 How to Get Started i'Vrx(y3
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3 Improving a Design b0W~*s [4
3.1 Lens Design Tip Sheet: Standard Improvement Techniques +$Q.N{LV
3.2 Glass Changes ( Index and V Values ) Y rq-(
3.3 Splitting Elements &h)G>Sqc
3.4 Separating a Cemented Doublet ')C%CAYW
3.5 Compounding an Element cQ kH4>C~
3.6 Vignetting and Its Uses #$q~ZKB
3.7 Eliminating a Weak Element; the Concentric Problem \hGoD
3.8 Balancing Aberrations EB8=* B8
3.9 The Symmetrical Principle c_$9z>$
3.10 Aspheric Surfaces . ]
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4 Evaluation: How Good is This Design AKWM7fI
4.1 The Uses of a Preliminary Evaluation 'N1_:$z@(
4.2 OPD versus Measures of Performance 4`Com~`6"
4.3 Geometric Blur Spot Size versus Certain Aberrations aju!A q54G
4.4 Interpreting MTF - The Modulation Transfer Function JP$@*F@t
4.5 Fabrication Considerations {2u#Q7]|
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5 Lens Design Data aD
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5.1 About the Sample Lens Designs Ejc%DSG
5.2 Lens Prescriptions, Drawings, and Aberration Plots nNb Oq[
5.3 Estimating the Potential of a Redesign ;3ZHm*xJx
5.4 Scaling a Desing, Its Aberrations, and Its MTF l :sZ
5.5 Notes on the Interpretation of Ray Intercept Plots lwS6"2q
5.6 Various Evaluation Plot k-5Enbkr
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6 Telescope Objective nXjf,J-T
6.1 The Thin Airspaced Doublet QcZ*dI7]:
6.2 Merit Function for a Telescope Objective )b<-=VR
6.3 The Design of an f/7 Cemented Doublet Telescope Objective __x2xtrH
6.4 Spherochromatism Gb)!]:8
6.5 Zonal Spherical Aberration Fa
6.6 Induced Aberrations x!6&)T?!n
6.7 Three-Element Objectives 8m? 9?OV5
6.8 Secondary Spectrum (Apochromatic Systems) N}ur0 'J0
6.9 The Design of an f/7 Apochromatic Triplet #$!(8>YJ
6.10 The Diffractive Surface in Lens Design B8Ob~?
6.11 A Final Note ]Z/<HP$#
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7 Eyepieces and Magnifiers C$MaJHkiF
7.1 Eyepieces f{ZOH<"Lo
7.2 A Pair of Magnifier Designs HsA4NRF'7
7.3 The Simple, Classical Eyepieces F8e]sa$K\
7.4 Design Story of an Eyepiece for a 6*30 Binocular ^[]GsF
7.5 Four-Element Eyepieces g\sW2qXEw
7.6 Five-Element Eyepieces q}-q[p?
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7.8 Six- and Seven-Element Eyepieces jJ^p
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8 Cooke Triplet Anastigmats W/*2I3a
8.1 Airspaced Triplet Anastigmats JZ#O"rF
8.2 Glass Choice *Xh)22~T
8.3 Vertex Length and Residual Aberrations u nE h
8.4 Other Design Considerations =nQ"ye
8.5 A Plastic, Aspheric Triplet Camera Lens "PA:
8.6 Camera Lens Anastigmatism Design “from Scrach” – The Cooke Triplet MB$K ?"Y
8.7 Possible Improvement to Our “Basic” Triplet 1r6>.&p
8.7 The Rear Earth (Lanthanum) Glasses Q;p?.GI?-
8.9 Aspherizing the Surfaces 2=H3yEJq
8.10 Increasing the Element Thickness
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9 Split Triplets j^DoILw
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10 The Tessar, Heliar, and Other Compounded Triplets $N$
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10.1 The Classic Tessar .h)o\6Wq
10.2 The Heliar/Pentac Lf+M
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10.3 The Portrait Lens and the Enlarger Lens BR1oE3in
10.4 Other Compounded Triplets Q+e|;Mj
10.5 Camera Lens Anastigmat Design “from Scratch” – The Tessar and Heliar ImJ2tz6
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11 Double-Meniscus Anastigmats =rBNEd
11.1 Meniscus Components 9|yn{4E
11.2 The Hypergon, Totogon, and Metrogon 2{!o"6t
11.3 A Two Element Aspheric Thick Meniscus Camera Lens @eQIwz
11.4 Protar, Dagor, and Convertible Lenses jYAD9v%
11.5 The Split Dagor F?b5 !<5
11.6 The Dogmar vby[#S|
11.7 Camera Lens Anastigmat Design “from Scratch” – The Dogmar Lens "S6'<~s
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12 The Biotar or Double-Gauss Lens RhVQVj c
12.1 The Basic Six-Element Version E. @n Rj#
12.2 28 Things You Should Know about the Double-Gauss/Biotar Lens YVy+1q[
12.3 The Seven-Element Biotar - Split-Rear Singlet K07b#`NF6
12.4 The Seven-Element Biotar - Broken Contact Front Doublet N*.JQvbnr
12.5 The Seven-Element Biotar - One Compounded Outer Element PprCz"
12.6 The Eight-Element Biotar ZJev_mj
12.7 A “Doubled Double-Gauss” Relay 3nVdws
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13 Telephoto Lenses `TNWLD@Z
13.1 The Basic Telephoto HorFQ?8
13.2 Close-up or Macro Lenses =,B44:`r
13.3 Telephoto Designs T;(k
13.4 Design of a 200-mm f/4 Telephoto for a 35-mm Camera from Scratch
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14 Reversed Telescope (Retrofocus and Fish-Eye) Lenses Obd@#uab
14.1 The Reverse Telephoto Principle # biI=S
14.2 The Basic Retrofocus Lens c]]OV7;)>
14.3 Fish-Eye, or Extreme Wide-Angle Reverse Telephoto, Lenses
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15 Wide Angle Lenses with Negative Outer Lenses 9pN},F91n:
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16 The Petzval Lens; Head-up Display Lenses yyZV/
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16.1 The Petzval Portrait Lens 3DH}
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16.2 The Petzval Projection Lens $5XE'm
16.3 The Petzval with a Field Flattener OZ2gIK
16.4 Very Height Speed Petzval Lenses (UWV#AR
16.5 Head-up Display (HUD) Lenses, Biocular Lenses, and Head/Helmet Mounted Display(HMD) Systems U_ j\UQC
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17 Microscope Objectives g9 .b6}w!
17.1 General Considerations XW]'by
17.2 Classic Objective Design Forms; The Aplanatic Front \XaKq8uE
17.3 Flat-Field Objectives Y<lJj"G
17.4 Reflecting Objectives Zo}O,;(F5
17.5 The Microscope Objective Designs eh=.Q<N
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18 Mirror and Catadioptric Systems I5[HD_g:
18.1 The Good and Bad Points of Mirrors FsI51@V72Q
18.2 The Classic Two-Mirror Systems d{?X:*F
18.3 Catadioptric Systems `Pa z
18.4 Aspheric Correctors and Schmidt Systems jqULg iC
18.5 Confocal Paraboloids APydZ
18.6 Unobscured Systems z;? 32K
18.7 Design of a Schmidt-Cassegrain “from Scratch” E! '|FJ
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19 Infrared and Ultraviolet Systems ZzZy2.7
19.1 Infrared Optics 9r,)Bw!RP
19.2 IR Objective Lenses 1n+C'P"
19.3 IR Telescope _]~`t+W'DJ
19.4 Laser Beam Expanders |X :"AH"S
19,5 Ultraviolet Systems d~NvS-u7
19.6 Microlithographic Lenses iYwzdW1
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20 Zoom Lenses ygiZ~v4P/
20.1 Zoom Lenses 6\jhDP@`9
20.2 Zoom Lenses for Point and Shoot Cameras Z_iVOctP
20.3 A 20X Video Zoom Lens <