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Contents of Modern Lens Design 2nd Edition Rw6;Z
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1 Introduction HQUeWCN
1.1 Lens Design Books 2:BF[c`
1.2 Reference Material ~go
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1.3 Specifications 6*qL[m.F[o
1.4 Lens Design aWwPvd3
1.5 Lens Design Program Features R*oXmuOsYA
1.6 About This Book 26dUA~|KJ
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2 Automatic Lens Design ~_9n .C
2.2 The Merit Function n:0}utU4
2.3 Local Minima ?;wpd';c
2.4 The Landscape Lens $`8Ar,Xz`
2.5 Types of Merit Function 9%iUG(DC
2.6 Stagnation "+z?x~rk
2.7 Generalized Simulated Annealing kM'"4[,nz
2.8 Considerations about Variables for Optimization [97KBoSU
2.9 How to Increase the Speed or Field of a System and Avoid Ray Failure Problems RrhT'':[
2.10 Test Plate Fits, Melt Fits, Thickness Fits and Reverse Aberration Fits &X|<@'933
2.11 Spectral Weighting J0
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2.12 How to Get Started (faK+z,*6R
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3 Improving a Design t4qej
3.1 Lens Design Tip Sheet: Standard Improvement Techniques \.f}W_OF
3.2 Glass Changes ( Index and V Values ) 4<lQwV6=
3.3 Splitting Elements rrnNn'
3.4 Separating a Cemented Doublet ?\U!huu
3.5 Compounding an Element 2>]a)
3.6 Vignetting and Its Uses c(U
3.7 Eliminating a Weak Element; the Concentric Problem $55U+)C<
3.8 Balancing Aberrations GyW.2
3.9 The Symmetrical Principle $s4Wkq
3.10 Aspheric Surfaces ;uqx@sx ;
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4 Evaluation: How Good is This Design zf.-I
4.1 The Uses of a Preliminary Evaluation ~"lJ'&J}
4.2 OPD versus Measures of Performance h6%[q x<
4.3 Geometric Blur Spot Size versus Certain Aberrations BR v+.(S
4.4 Interpreting MTF - The Modulation Transfer Function q8Nn%o=5V
4.5 Fabrication Considerations v!42DA)
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5 Lens Design Data \dlph
5.1 About the Sample Lens Designs !Y<oN~<%)
5.2 Lens Prescriptions, Drawings, and Aberration Plots 2/36dGFH
5.3 Estimating the Potential of a Redesign w-b' LP
5.4 Scaling a Desing, Its Aberrations, and Its MTF g7CXlT0Q6
5.5 Notes on the Interpretation of Ray Intercept Plots BPqGJ7@
5.6 Various Evaluation Plot yMc:n"-[
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6 Telescope Objective .fzu"XAPu
6.1 The Thin Airspaced Doublet ,&7Wa-vf
6.2 Merit Function for a Telescope Objective h{}mBQl
6.3 The Design of an f/7 Cemented Doublet Telescope Objective ?Pwx~[<1""
6.4 Spherochromatism 3ta$L"a
6.5 Zonal Spherical Aberration b@t5`Y-+K
6.6 Induced Aberrations T#!lPH :&h
6.7 Three-Element Objectives >Z Ke
6.8 Secondary Spectrum (Apochromatic Systems) 85|fyX
6.9 The Design of an f/7 Apochromatic Triplet CKlL~f EL
6.10 The Diffractive Surface in Lens Design WlV
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6.11 A Final Note 6P`)%zj
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7 Eyepieces and Magnifiers |<`.fOxJP
7.1 Eyepieces maSgRf[g
7.2 A Pair of Magnifier Designs -$<O\5cAQ
7.3 The Simple, Classical Eyepieces (QB+%2v
7.4 Design Story of an Eyepiece for a 6*30 Binocular 7OVbP%n)d2
7.5 Four-Element Eyepieces h?UVDzI!O
7.6 Five-Element Eyepieces hzY[
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7.7 Very High Index Eyepiece/Magnifier G",.,Px
7.8 Six- and Seven-Element Eyepieces yg;_.4TpIO
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8 Cooke Triplet Anastigmats |%D%0TR&Q
8.1 Airspaced Triplet Anastigmats 8I+d)(:
8.2 Glass Choice *Q}[ ]g
8.3 Vertex Length and Residual Aberrations c 5`US
8.4 Other Design Considerations 'GJVWpvUU
8.5 A Plastic, Aspheric Triplet Camera Lens w7-WUvxl
8.6 Camera Lens Anastigmatism Design “from Scrach” – The Cooke Triplet ~VTs:h
8.7 Possible Improvement to Our “Basic” Triplet Qbeeq6
8.7 The Rear Earth (Lanthanum) Glasses "DSPPE&[c
8.9 Aspherizing the Surfaces !q4x~G0d
8.10 Increasing the Element Thickness },+~F8B
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9 Split Triplets 49 }{R/:
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10 The Tessar, Heliar, and Other Compounded Triplets jN/C'\QL
10.1 The Classic Tessar )%Y
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10.2 The Heliar/Pentac ujgLJ77
10.3 The Portrait Lens and the Enlarger Lens v })Q
10.4 Other Compounded Triplets {<w
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10.5 Camera Lens Anastigmat Design “from Scratch” – The Tessar and Heliar AxCI 0
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11 Double-Meniscus Anastigmats 6ri#Lw
11.1 Meniscus Components W7UtA.2LT
11.2 The Hypergon, Totogon, and Metrogon Jm(ixekp
11.3 A Two Element Aspheric Thick Meniscus Camera Lens G+"8l!dC?
11.4 Protar, Dagor, and Convertible Lenses V!|e#}1/
11.5 The Split Dagor ^[->
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11.6 The Dogmar oYX{R
11.7 Camera Lens Anastigmat Design “from Scratch” – The Dogmar Lens aW{L7N %
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12 The Biotar or Double-Gauss Lens BIWD/|LQ
12.1 The Basic Six-Element Version Pg^h,2h
12.2 28 Things You Should Know about the Double-Gauss/Biotar Lens 0H=9@
12.3 The Seven-Element Biotar - Split-Rear Singlet hSqMaX%G
12.4 The Seven-Element Biotar - Broken Contact Front Doublet P#G.lft"O
12.5 The Seven-Element Biotar - One Compounded Outer Element zp=!8Av
12.6 The Eight-Element Biotar o;J;*~g
12.7 A “Doubled Double-Gauss” Relay X<MpN5%|Wo
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13 Telephoto Lenses ~v:#zU
13.1 The Basic Telephoto 8?jxDW
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13.2 Close-up or Macro Lenses ]TK=>;&
13.3 Telephoto Designs )&Z>@S^
13.4 Design of a 200-mm f/4 Telephoto for a 35-mm Camera from Scratch T!(
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14 Reversed Telescope (Retrofocus and Fish-Eye) Lenses ZTf_#eS$
14.1 The Reverse Telephoto Principle #q4*]qGHm
14.2 The Basic Retrofocus Lens V
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14.3 Fish-Eye, or Extreme Wide-Angle Reverse Telephoto, Lenses mf*Nr0L;J
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15 Wide Angle Lenses with Negative Outer Lenses Xt(!
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16 The Petzval Lens; Head-up Display Lenses ~8Sqa%F>
16.1 The Petzval Portrait Lens lL2-.!]R
16.2 The Petzval Projection Lens kfpm=dKL
16.3 The Petzval with a Field Flattener QTh0SL
16.4 Very Height Speed Petzval Lenses Ysk,w,K
16.5 Head-up Display (HUD) Lenses, Biocular Lenses, and Head/Helmet Mounted Display(HMD) Systems sX'U|)/pD
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17 Microscope Objectives ag]*DsBt
17.1 General Considerations Pc4R!Tc
17.2 Classic Objective Design Forms; The Aplanatic Front nGZ\<-
17.3 Flat-Field Objectives =49o U
17.4 Reflecting Objectives Ve:&'~F2 s
17.5 The Microscope Objective Designs ib50LCm
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18 Mirror and Catadioptric Systems Rkv
18.1 The Good and Bad Points of Mirrors iwz`
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18.2 The Classic Two-Mirror Systems 'jbMTI
18.3 Catadioptric Systems 4 ?2g&B\
18.4 Aspheric Correctors and Schmidt Systems 7x+=7,BZd
18.5 Confocal Paraboloids 'oi2Seq
18.6 Unobscured Systems RdkU2Y}V
18.7 Design of a Schmidt-Cassegrain “from Scratch” 9 x [X<
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19 Infrared and Ultraviolet Systems >40
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19.1 Infrared Optics Rkr^Z?/GH
19.2 IR Objective Lenses 1E^{B8cm
19.3 IR Telescope =dn1}
19.4 Laser Beam Expanders |M _%QM.
19,5 Ultraviolet Systems -y <