Geometric Optics: Theory and Design of Astronomical Optical Systems Using Mathematica

Geometric Optics: Theory and Design of Astronomical Optical Systems Using Mathematica 
Birkhäuser Boston | 2009 | ISBN: 0817648712 | 224 pages | PDF | 6,5 MB

This book—unique in the literature—provides readers with the mathematical background needed to design many of the optical combinations that are used in astronomical telescopes and cameras. The results presented in the work were obtained by using a different approach to third-order aberration theory as well as the extensive use of the software package Mathematica.

The newly presented approach to third-order aberration theory adopted is based on Fermat’s principle and the use of particular optical paths—not rays—termed stigmatic paths, allowing for easy derivation of third-order formulae. This approach enables readers to understand and handle the formulae required to design optical combinations without resorting to the much more complex Hamiltonian formalism and Seidel's relations.

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