Axial color

Lateral color

Plane parallel plate

Optical design

Photopic spectral eye sensitivity curve

Material properties

DispersionC line 656.27 nmF line 587.63 nmD line 587.56 nm

2

212

1

211

2

2

1

1

and

1

number Abbe

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P

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Schott glass map (Abbe diagram)

85

64

43

222

102

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formula dispersion

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Relative partial dispersion

CF

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nm 852.11 and 653.27:Red

nm 486.13 and 435.83:Blue

Secondary spectrum correction

Secondary spectrum correction (2)

Properties of optical plastics

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Aspheric lens

Application of aspheric surface

Application of aspheric surface (2)

Design forms

System configurations (refractive systems)

Landscape lens

System configurations (reflective systems)

Three-mirror anastigmat

US patent 5,173,801 by Cook

Three-mirror all-reflective system

Prisms

Design of visual systems

Lotmar eye model

Pupil-forming optical system

Telescope showing effect of eye rotation

The optical design process

Optimization procedure

Resolution

Comatic image blur

Spherical aberration

Typical transverse ray aberration curves

Spot diagram

Optical path difference

Encircled energy

Modulation transfer function (MTF)