Applied Optics and Optical Engineering V9

ContributorsForewordPrefaceContents of Other VolumesChapter 1 Basic Algorithms for Optical Engineering I. Introduction II. Thick Lens Program III. Radiation Slide Rule Program IV. Ray Tracing Program V. Final Comments ReferencesChapter 2 Diffraction Gratings, Ruled and Holographic I. Diffraction Behavior of Gratings II. Optical Methods for Grating Production III. Concave Gratings IV. Aberration Control of Concave Gratings ReferencesChapter 3 Recording and Reading of Information on Optical Disks I. Introduction II. Description of the Three Optical Systems for Information Storage on Disks III. Scanning Spot Microscopy for Recording and Reading of Optical Disks IV. Tracking Systems V. Final Remarks ReferencesChapter 4 The Perfect Point Spread Function I. Introduction II. Computation of the Point Spread Function III. Computation of the Encircled Energy Function IV. Point Spread Function Minima and Maxima; Example: PSF Maxima V. Resolution Criteria Based on the Point Spread Function VI. Two-Point Resolution for Incoherent Sources VII. Two-Point Resolution for Coherent Sources VIII. Conclusion ReferencesChapter 5 Multiple Aperture Telescope Diffraction Images I. Introduction II. Atlas of Diffraction Images III. Quantitative Analysis of Patterns ReferencesChapter 6 Displays and Simulators I. Introduction II. Real Image Displays III. Virtual Image Displays IV. Image GeneratorsChapter 7 Ophthalmic Optics I. Introduction II. The Eye and the Nature of Refractive Error III. Spectacle Correction IV. Contact Lenses V. Aphakia VI. Low Vision VII. Postscript ReferencesChapter 8 Canonical and Real-Space Coordinates Used in the Theory Of Image Formation Preface Introduction I. The Geometrical Nature of Image Formation II. Canonical Coordinates: Axial Pencils III. Canonical Coordinates: Extra-Axial Pencils IV. Canonical Relations V. Canonical Coordinates and the Physical Theory of Image Formation VI. Relations Between Canonical and Real-Space Coordinates VII. Object-Image Relationships: Point and Grating Magnifications VIII. Special Cases: Object at Infinity IX. The Case of a Collimator with a Lens Under Test X. Photometric Significance of the Pupil Scale Ratios Appendix: Summary of Notation and FormulaeIndex