Aberration theory made simple

by Mahajan, Virendra N.

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Full title :Aberration theory made simple / Virendra N. Mahajan.

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This book provides a clear, concise, and consistent exposition of what aberrations are, how they arise in optical imaging systems, and how they affect the quality of images formed by them. The emphasis of the book is on physical insight, problem solving, and numerical results, and the text is intended for engineers and scientists who have a need and a desire for a deeper and better understanding of aberrations and their role in optical imaging and wave propagation. This second edition features an updated Cartesian sign convention, and new topics include centroid and standard deviation of ray aberrations, spot diagrams, an update of 2D PSFs for primary aberrations, aberration-free optical transfer function of systems with anular and Gaussian pupils, Zernikepolynomials for cicular pupils and the corresonding polynomials for annular and Gaussian pupils, effect of longitudinal image motion of an image, lucky imaging in ground-based astronomy, and adaptive optics.