Diffractive Lens Design

Lens systems can incorporate diffractive optical elements or surfaces. A diffractive surface provides unique advantages for the optical designer, enabling lens systems to be simplified. This book covers all aspects of the design of diffractive lens systems, and is an essential reference for incorporating diffractive optical elements into imaging systems. Topics include paraxial imaging theory, aberration theory, ray tracing, image formation theory, tolerancing, image quality modelling by scalar diffraction theory and diffractive lens design in commercial lens design software. Design examples are used to illustrate key aspects of the design processes, with files available in CODEV and Zemax. The key audiences for this text include optical designers, optical system engineers and postgraduate students in optical science and engineering.

Key Features:

- A unique and comprehensive treatment of the design of optical systems incorporating diffractive surfaces.

- An essential text for the optical designer contemplating the use of diffractive surfaces to improve their optical system.

- Presents a new and consistent approach to the development of aberration and image formation theory applied to diffractive lenses.

- Provides detailed knowledge, software tools and design examples to reduce the optical engineer's learning curve in the understanding of the unique properties of these optical elements.

- Brings all the relevant material associated with diffractive lens design into a single volume, including a comprehensive set of references.

這本書涵蓋了所有關於衍射透鏡系統設計的方面，對於將衍射光學元件納入成像系統中的光學設計師來說，是一本必備的參考書。主題包括軸向成像理論、像差理論、光線追跡、成像理論、公差分析、以純量衍射理論模擬影像品質以及在商業鏡頭設計軟體中設計衍射透鏡。設計示例用於說明設計過程的關鍵方面，並提供了CODEV和Zemax的檔案。這本書的主要讀者包括光學設計師、光學系統工程師和光學科學與工程的研究生。

主要特點：
- 獨特而全面地介紹了設計中包含衍射表面的光學系統。
- 對於考慮使用衍射表面改善其光學系統的光學設計師來說，這是一本必讀的書籍。
- 提出了一種新的、一致的方法，將像差和成像理論應用於衍射透鏡。
- 提供了詳細的知識、軟體工具和設計示例，以減少光學工程師在理解這些光學元件的獨特性方面的學習曲線。
- 將所有與衍射透鏡設計相關的資料集中在一本書中，包括一套全面的參考文獻。