Prof. Jose Sasian

Lens DesignLecture #1

College of Optical SciencesUniversity of Arizona

Prof. Jose Sasian

What is imaging?Photo credit:Gary Mackender

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Imaging with rays: theories

X a X b Y c Z da X b Y c Z d

'

1 1 1 1

0 0 0 0

Y a X b Y c Z da X b Y c Z d

'

2 2 2 2

0 0 0 0

Z a X b Y c Z da X b Y c Z d

'

3 3 3 3

0 0 0 0

Collinear transformation

Maxwell’s Ideal:

1) Each point is imaged stigmatically2) The images of all points in an object plane lie on an image plane3) The ratio of image to heights to object heights is the same for all points.

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Central Projection 1D

X’

OBJECT LINE

IMAGE LINE

PROJECTION POINT

OBJECTPOINT

IMAGEPOINT

X

X a Xa X b

'

1

0 0

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Central Projection 2D

X X’

Y Y’OBJECT

LINEIMAGELINE

OBJECTPLANE

IMAGEPLANE

PROJECTIONPOINT

X a Xa X b Y c

'

1

0 0 0

Y a Ya X b Y c

'

2

0 0 0

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Central Projection 3D

X a X b Y c Z da X b Y c Z d

'

1 1 1 1

0 0 0 0

Y a X b Y c Z da X b Y c Z d

'

2 2 2 2

0 0 0 0

Z a X b Y c Z da X b Y c Z d

'

3 3 3 3

0 0 0 0

Point into points, lines into lines, and planes into planes.

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X a Xc Z d

'

1

0 0

Y a Yc Z d

'

1

0 0

Z c Z dc Z d

'

3 3

0 0

.

22 yx

Axial symmetry I22 ''' yx

‘ and Z’ must be only a function of and Z, leads to:

•Origins transform into the origins: d3=0•Origins located at the planes of unit magnification implies: a1 equal to d0

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Axial Symmetry II

X Xc Z

' 0 1

Y Yc Z

' 0 1

Z c Zc Z

'

3

0 1

mc Z

110

Z f cc

' ' 3

0

Z fc

1

0

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Gaussian equations

mZ f

11 \

Zf m 1 1

Zf

m'' 1 m Z

f 1 '

'

fZ

fZ

'' 1

.

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Newtonian Equations

Zf

= - 1m

Zf''

= - m

ZZ ff' '

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Scheimpflug condition(Plane symmetry)

P P’

theta

theta’

objectplane

imageplane

Scheimpflug construction

tan(’) – (Z’\Z) tan() = 0

X m XKY

' 1

Y m YKY

' 1

tan( ) tan( ')=

'K m

f f

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Civil War 1859

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And much more…•Gaussian equations•Newtonian equations•Anamorphic systems•Focal and afocal systems•Scheimpflug condition•Cardinal points•Keystone distortion•…and much more!

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Collinear transformation, camera obscura and lenses

Camera Obscura, Athanasius Kircher, 1646

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The secret in Vermeer’s paintings

Johannes Vermeer, XVII century

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Perspective of the painting

45tantan ffD

cmf 68

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However…

• Image parity issues• Needed a flat mirror or• To copy again the image

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Central projection

By Don Cowen

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Other “perspectives”

A plurality of new and excitingnew concepts in imaging

Classical Impressionism Cubism

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Imaging on the sphere

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IPADImaging

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Class summary

• Syllabus• Imaging• Collinear transformation• Art application

• Codev, OSLO, Zemax• Review of first-order optics